HOSKINS v. WRIGHT


367 S.W.2d 838 (1963)

Alvin Sidney HOSKINS, Movant, v. Coleman WRIGHT, Judge, Shelby Circuit Court, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 10, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin Sidney Hoskins, pro se.

Thomas & Thomas, New Castle, for respondent.


MOREMEN, Judge.

Alvin Sidney Hoskins, a prisoner now confined under a life sentence in the Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville, has filed an original action in this Court in which he asks that a writ of mandamus be issued to Hon. Coleman Wright, Judge of the 12th Judicial District of the circuit courts of this state, directing him to grant movant Hoskins a speedy trial in connection with felony indictments now pending against him in the Shelby Circuit Court and...

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