Unpublished Dispositiondaniel Franklin Wade, Petitioner-appellant, v. Dewey Sowders; Attorney General of Kentucky, Respondents-appellees, 871 F.2d 1089 (6th Cir. 1989)

Before KEITH and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and RICHARD B. McQUADE, Jr., District Judge.^* 

ORDER

This case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 9(a), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination of the record and the briefs, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a).

Daniel Wade, a Kentucky state prisoner, appeals pro se from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Wade was convicted of first degree robbery following a jury trial, and was sentenced to twenty years. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Wade v. Commonwealth, 724 S.W.2d 207 (Ky.1986). In this appeal, he is arguing that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction.

Upon consideration, we conclude that, viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the prosecution, rational minds could have found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. See Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979). Under Kentucky law, it need not be shown that a successful theft occurred in order to sustain a robbery conviction. See Lamb v. Commonwealth, 599 S.W.2d 462, 463 (Ky.App.1979). Moreover, a conviction may be based only on uncorroborated accomplice testimony. See Takacs v. Engle, 768 F.2d 122, 127 (6th Cir. 1985).

Accordingly, the district court's judgment is hereby affirmed. Rule 9(b) (5), Rules of the Sixth Circuit.