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JENNINGS v. HUNT

No. 52810.

272 So.2d 333 (1973)

Johnny Beamon JENNINGS, Plaintiff-Relator, v. Elayn HUNT, Director, Department of Corrections, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 15, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murphy W. Bell, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Jack E. Yelverton, Asst. Atty. Gen., LeRoy A. Hartley, Special Counsel to Atty. Gen., for defendant-respondent.

TATE, Justice.

The narrow issue for determination before us: Is a Louisiana convict entitled to credit against his sentence for time spent confined in a mental hospital in other state, to which he had escaped and where he was captured, insofar as this out-of-state confinement resulted from a detainer issued against him by Louisiana authorities based upon the sentence being served at the time of his escape. We hold he is...

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