GODSEY v. HOUSTON

No. 89-CA-0958.

584 So.2d 389 (1991)

Walter Thomas GODSEY v. Christine HOUSTON, Director of Records, Mississippi Department of Corrections; Carmen Gettis Castilla, Chairperson, Mississippi Board of Parole; Steve Richeson, Parole Officer, Jackson, Tennessee; Jerry A. McClain, Nashville, Tennessee; Tressie Myers, Jackson, Mississippi; Donald Cabana, Warden of the South Mississippi Correctional Institution; Mike Moore, Attorney General for the State of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter T. Godsey, pro se.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Jeffrey M. Rosamond, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and PRATHER and PITTMAN, JJ.


PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal addresses a parolee's rights following extradition proceedings arising from Walter Thomas Godsey's application for writ of habeas corpus. From a denial of the writ by the Circuit Court of Greene County, Godsey appeals.

I. STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

On November 16, 1981, Godsey was convicted as an accessory to murder and kidnapping in Jackson County, Mississippi...

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