STATE EX REL. GALLAGHER v. STATE

Nos. 84-KH-0985, 84-KD-1378.

462 So.2d 1221 (1985)

STATE ex rel. Steven GALLAGHER v. STATE of Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Johnson, Ed Jenkins, M. Craig Colwart, New Orleans, for relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., William R. Campbell, Asst. Dist. Atty., T. Allen Usry, Usry & Weeks, New Orleans, for respondents.


CALOGERO, Justice.

The issue presented in this rather unusually postured case is whether Steven Gallagher, imprisoned in Orleans Parish Prison on a two year sentence for felony theft, is entitled to either work credits or good time credits, or both. The case is before us both on writs of habeas corpus by Gallagher and on rehearing application by Sheriff Foti. It arose as follows.

On December 16, 1982, Gallagher was convicted of felony theft, an offense which...

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