LYONS v. THOMAS


378 S.W.2d 798 (1964)

John J. LYONS, Appellant, v. Luther THOMAS, Warden, Kentucky State Penitentiary, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 8, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Lyons, pro se.

Robert F. Matthews, Atty. Gen., Joe Nagle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


MONTGOMERY, Judge.

John J. Lyons appeals from a denial of his petition for habeas corpus. He alleged that he was illegally restrained in the Eddyville penitentiary because of lack of extradition from the State of California.

By his petition Lyons alleges that he is under sentence to serve twenty-one years' imprisonment; that while he was serving his sentence at the LaGrange reformatory he was transferred to the Central State Hospital for treatment; that while...

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