BROCK v. SOWDERS


610 S.W.2d 591 (1980)

Arlie BROCK, Jr., Movant, v. Dewey SOWDERS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack E. Farley, Public Advocate, Donna Boyce Proctor and Michael A. Wright, Asst. Public Advocates, Frankfort, for movant.

Steven Beshear, Atty. Gen., George Geoghegan, III, K. Gail Leeco, Asst. Attys. Gen., Frankfort, for respondent.


LUKOWSKY, Justice.

The Lyon Circuit court denied Brock's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The Court of Appeals affirmed. We reverse and remand because Brock may be detained in the Kentucky Penitentiary without legal authority. KRS 419.020.

This reversal is based on the affirmative resolution of two questions. The first is whether a Kentucky judgment directing that Kentucky sentences be served concurrently with another state's sentence, absent explicit...

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