Stephens v. Sabol

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART MOTION TO DISMISS AND GRANTING IN PART PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS

GERTNER, District Judge:

This case concerns the sequencing of sentences, how they begin, and whether they can be interrupted.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Facts

The facts are undisputed.

Petitioner Vincent Stephens (“Stephens” or “petitioner”) committed two crimes approximately two weeks apart in the summer of 1994. On July 29, 1994, he committed a carjacking near a sandwich shop in Miami, Florida. On August 11, 1994, he robbed the same sandwich shop at gunpoint. Decl. of James Hazelton (“Hazelton Decl.”) ¶…