Quinerly v. Verdini

The petitioner, Johnny Quinerly (“Quinerly”), escaped from the South Middlesex PreRelease Center in March 1994. At that time, Quinerly was serving a 3- to 10-year prison sentence for unarmed robbery and auto theft (the “old sentence”). After his recapture nine days later, Quinerly faced additional charges. On February 22, 1995, he was sentenced to 5 to 8 years in prison for his escape and 4 to 7 years in prison for an armed assault committed while he was an escapee (the “new sentences”). The new sentences were to be served concurrently with each other, but from and after the completion of…