In Re Habeas Corpus Application of Sweat

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

This is a habeas corpus proceeding in which petitioner claims that by operation of the interstate Agreement on Detainers (Agreement) (K.S.A. 22-4401 et seq.) the Sedgwick County District Court was required to dismiss the criminal charges for which he was being held for trial in that court. The material facts are essentially undisputed. They are almost wholly established by documentary evidence.

On November 9, 1982, while in custody at the Sedgwick County Jail in Wichita, petitioner applied for a writ of habeas corpus. It was immediately…