Baranow v. Commissioner of Correction

This is a bill for declaratory relief wherein the plaintiff, an inmate in a Massachusetts correctional institution, seeks to have resolved a controversy existing with the Commissioner of Correction as to the date of his release. The plaintiff was sentenced on July 5, 1950 (mittimus No. 2687) to a term of eight to ten years. On November 29, 1950, he received two additional sentences, the first (mittimus No. 24256) to a term of ten to fifteen years, “to take effect from and after the expiration of the sentence defendant is now serving” (mittimus No. 2687); the second (mittimus No. 24258) to a…