Baker v. Davis

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Raymond O. Baker, a prisoner in the state penitentiary, appeals from a judgment of the Oldham Circuit Court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The ground on which the writ was sought was that Kentucky had waived or forfeited its jurisdiction to rcconfine him, for a parole violation, because prior to the reconfinement he was released to federal authorities for trial and service of a sentence on a federal charge.

Exactly the same ground, supported by the same arguments and evidence, was the basis of a previous petition by Baker for a writ of habeas corpus.…