Watts v. Commissioner of Correction

The background facts are uncontroverted: The plaintiff received three *868concurrent sentences on March 4, 1991, the longest of which was from five to seven years for burglary. He was paroled on June 2, 1992, but arrested on new charges of breaking and entering and larceny from a building on September 27, 1993. He failed to make bail on the new charges. On October 18, 1993, a parole violation warrant was lodged as a detainer. The plaintiff was incarcerated for 252 days from the date of the detainer until he entered a plea of guilty on the new charges on June 28, 1994. He then received concurrent…