SKAGGS v. PARKER

No. Civ.A. 1:96-CV-8-M.

27 F.Supp.2d 952 (1998)

David Leroy SKAGGS, Petitioner, v. Phil PARKER, Warden, Respondent.

United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky, Bowling Green Division.

July 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney McDaniel, Department of Public Advocacy, Jason L. Nohr, Kentucky Capital Litigation Resource, Thomas M. Ransdell, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, KY, David Leroy Skaggs, Kentucky State Penitentiary, Eddyville, KY, for Petitioner.

David A. Smith, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Frankfort, KY, Ian G. Sonego, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Frankfort, KY, for Respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MCKINLEY, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court for habeas corpus review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner, David Leroy Skaggs [hereinafter "Skaggs"], was sentenced to death after a jury found him guilty of the murders of an elderly Glasgow, Kentucky couple. Skaggs' direct appeal was affirmed by the Kentucky Supreme Court. The Kentucky Supreme Court also...

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