JOHNSON v. WILLIAMS

Civ. No. 79-612.

508 F.Supp. 52 (1980)

Collins JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. Ralph WILLIAMS, Warden and William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, Respondents.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

November 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Ruhnke, Federal Public Defender, Newark, N. J., for petitioner.

Simon Rosenbach, Deputy Atty. Gen., Princeton, N. J., for respondents.


OPINION

BIUNNO, District Judge.

Johnson has filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging a New Jersey sentence imposed March 26, 1976, to be served consecutively to a Maryland sentence then being served, which had been imposed June 1, 1963. He claims a violation of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, to which both Maryland and New Jersey are party, see 18 U.S.C.App., and NJS 2A:159A-1, et seq. As a consequence, he seeks to have the sentence...

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