BURDEN v. WHITE


471 S.W.2d 325 (1971)

Bobby Lindle BURDEN, Petitioner, v. Honorable Stephen WHITE, Judge, Lyon Circuit Court, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 8, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby Lindle Burden, pro se.


MILLIKEN, Chief Justice.

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to order the respondent judge to docket petitioner's case for trial as speedily as consistent with the needs of justice and in the event it is not done, to dismiss the indictment.

The petitioner, Burden, is serving a sentence in federal prison in Indiana. On August 21, 1968, he was indicted in Lyon County, Kentucky, for escape from prison and a detainer was received at the federal penitentiary...

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