Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 27, 1979No. 62270PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Justice.
In this postconviction action Michael Lee Williams seeks to be given credit on a previously imposed and partially served Iowa sentence for time he was later incarcerated in Minnesota for an aggravated robbery he committed while on escape from Iowa custody. The trial court held no such credit should be given and we agree.
On October 18, 1969, Williams was sentenced for an indeterminate term of up to 25 years upon his conviction of robbery with aggravation. § 711.2, The Code 1966. On October 9, 1973, while serving his sentence, Williams escaped from a half-way house in Cedar…
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