Balsley v. Commonwealth

PALMORE, Judge.

Appellant, Olin Balsley, is a prisoner in the federal pentitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia. He appeals from an order of the Jefferson Circuit Court overruling his petition for relief from the further enforcement of a life sentence theretofore imposed upon him by that court pursuant to a conviction for armed robbery.

The record discloses that Balsley was placed on parole from his life sentence on April 12, 1964. On August 8, 1964, a probation and parole officer issued an authorization for his arrest and detention, cf. KRS 439.430(1), pursuant to which he was arrested and lodged in…