In Re Helpman

In this habeas corpus proceeding Chester Helpman, a state prison inmate, seeks sentence credit for time served in federal prison.

In March 1964 a federal court sentenced Helpman to two, three-year concurrent terms. The federal authorities then delivered him to the California authorities for trial on an armed robbery charge in Los Angeles County. A jury found him. guilty and on June 22, 1964, he was sentenced to state prison for the term prescribed by law, the term “to run consecutively to time presently owed. ’ ’ Helpman filed a notice of appeal from the state court judgment. He was returned…