FORBES v. HAYNES

No. 56224.

465 S.W.2d 485 (1971)

Vernon FORBES, Petitioner, v. E. E. HAYNES, Superintendent, Missouri Training Center for Men, Moberly, Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Dissenting Opinion Modified and Rehearing Denied April 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roswell P. Henderson, Moberly, court appointed counsel for the petitioner.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Howard L. McFadden, Gen. Counsel, Department of Corrections, Jefferson City, for respondent.


BARDGETT, Judge.

Habeas corpus. Petitioner is a prisoner in an institution within the Missouri Department of Corrections. He alleges his imprisonment is unlawful for the reason his term has expired. A writ was issued and a return filed thereto. The issue concerns the applicability of the mandatory consecutive sentencing provision of § 222.020, as amended 1959, to a person sentenced to the Missouri Department of Corrections...

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