Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit April 12, 1984, 83-5529 (Elhannon Jones, Jr. v. F. Byrd Hogg, Special Judge, Perry Circuit Court, Hazard, Kentucky)

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BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Elhannon Jones, Jr. appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241 and 2254.

Jones has been prosecuted three times by the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the offense of murder, KRS 507.020(l)(a). Each trial ended in a hung jury. After each trial, a mistrial was declared.