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THOMPSON v. PARKER

No. 13-6085.

867 F.3d 641 (2017)

William Eugene THOMPSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Philip W. PARKER, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 14, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Dennis J. Burke , DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY, La Grange, Kentucky, for Appellant. Jason Bradley Moore , OFFICE OF THE KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Dennis J. Burke , Krista A. Dolan , DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY, La Grange, Kentucky, for Appellant. James Hays Lawson , OFFICE OF THE KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: BOGGS, GRIFFIN, and WHITE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

In 1986, Petitioner William Thompson, having served twelve years of a life sentence for an unrelated murder for hire, killed his prison-farm supervisor, stole his wallet, keys, and pocketknife, and fled. Thompson was captured at a bus station in Madisonville, Kentucky, and charged with murder, robbery, and...

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