Legal Opinion
Gary Wayne Harkins v. Donald W. Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, and Harry Lauf, Records Officer, Missouri State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 10, 1979No. 78-1533PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Chief Judge.
Gary Wayne Harkins is in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections pursuant to a twenty-five-year sentence rendered upon his plea of guilty in State court to robbery charges. He appeals from the District Court’s 1 denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, alleging that Missouri authorities have wrongfully denied him credit for thirty-one months spent in federal custody in violation of due process and equal protection as guaranteed by the fourteenth amendment and the eighth amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
The facts are not…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by22 opinions
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