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ROSS v. WINGO

433 S.W.2d 137 (1968)

Joe Pat ROSS, Appellant, v. John W. WINGO, Warden, Kentucky State Penitentiary, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 25, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Pat Ross, pro se.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., George Rabe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.

MONTGOMERY, Chief Justice.

Joe Pat Ross appeals from a judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He is now an inmate of the Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville. He claims that he is serving two concurrent terms and that Glenn Wade, Chairman of the Kentucky Parole Board, told him that his sentence would terminate on November 14, 1968.

The writ of habeas corpus is a constitutional protection against illegal restraint. Its purpose is to...

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