Turner v. Thomas

PALMORE, Judge.

The question raised in this habeas corpus proceeding is whether, by placing a prisoner on parole and releasing him to the supervision of the parole authorities of another state, the parole authorities of this state relinquish the power to revoke his parole and return him to prison here for the completion of his sentence.

Jones v. Rayborn, Ky., 346 S.W.2d 743 (1961); Davis v. Harris, Ky., 355 S.W.2d 147 (1962), and Thomas v. Schumaker, Ky., 360 S.W.2d 215 (1962), on which the petitioner relies, all were cases in which physical custody of the prisoner was given over to another…