State ex rel. Singh v. Purkett

COVINGTON, Judge.

Petitioner, Michael Herbert Singh, seeks by habeas corpus to effect his discharge from the custody of respondent. Petitioner ordered discharged.

On September 2, 1977, petitioner was sentenced in the Circuit Court of Greene County to ten years in the Missouri Department of Corrections after having been convicted by a jury of manslaughter. The Greene County Sheriff endorsed 345 days for time spent prior to conviction and sentence and four days for time spent prior to delivery to the Missouri Department of Corrections as credit toward service of petitioner’s sentence. Corrections…