JOHNSON v. REED

No. GC 75-134-S.

424 F.Supp. 1290 (1976)

Alexander JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. Jack K. REED, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court, N. D. Mississippi, Greenville Division.

December 17, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Kelly, Dodson, Kelly & Butts, Oxford, Miss., for plaintiff.

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., Timmie Hancock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ORMA R. SMITH, District Judge.

Petitioner Alexander Johnson is presently incarcerated in the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Mr. Johnson is serving three sentences imposed upon him by the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi. In two of the cases, Mr. Johnson was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for life. In the other case, he was sentenced to serve a term of 5...

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