STATE EX REL. GEORGE v. HUNT

No. 56819.

327 So.2d 375 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Frank L. GEORGE v. Elayn HUNT, Director, Louisiana Department of Corrections.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ralph E. Tyson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., for defendant-relator.

Vincent Wilkins, Jr., Director, Roland T. Huson, III, Appellate counsel, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review a trial court judgment granting respondent credit on his state conviction for the time he served in a federal penitentiary.

In April, 1961, respondent George was sentenced to serve 21 years at hard labor following his conviction for manslaughter. After serving one third of this sentence, he was paroled on April 19, 1968.

He was arrested in Louisiana on January...

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