DAVIS v. BLACK


518 S.W.2d 338 (1974)

Ernest R. DAVIS, Appellant, v. Harold E. BLACK, Superintendent, Kentucky State Reformatory, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony M. Wilhoit, Public Defender, Jim R. Early, Asst. Public Defender, Frankfort, for appellant.

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., Patrick B. Kimberlin, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


PALMORE, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding in which Ernest R. Davis appeals from a judgment declining to effect his release from custody of the superintendent of the Kentucky State Reformatory at LaGrange.

On December 22, 1972, after serving almost a year on a 3-year combined term of imprisonment to which he had been sentenced following conviction for the felonies of uttering a worthless check or checks (KRS 434.070) and forgery (KRS 434.130), Davis...

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