Legal Opinion

Bailey v. Lockhart

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 2, 1990No. 90-85Published

1Opinion of the Court

Otis H. Turner, Justice.

The appellant sought mandamus to require credit for time served earlier in the Department of Correction against a sentence he is presently serving. This appeal is from a denial of the appellant’s petition. We find that the appellant’s sentences and credits for time served have been correctly calculated, and we affirm.

On October 10, 1984, the appellant was convicted of kidnapping and rape and sentenced to two fifty-year terms, to run concurrently.

On October 25, 1984, he was convicted of robbery and sentenced to a term of ten years.

The appellant’s kidnapping and rape…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. McGirt v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
  2. In Re Interest of S_ G.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  3. Humphrey v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989

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