Booker v. Judge of Recorder's Court

Plaintiff Booker filed complaint for writ of superintending control to compel defendant to credit plaintiff with jail time served prior. to sentence. In response to this Court’s order to show cause why the writ should not issue, defendant filed answer and brief in support thereof. On leave granted, defendant Womack appealed for the reasons that he was not given similar credit and because the sentencing judge failed to credit defendant with and reduce his statutory maximum sentence by time served on a prior void sentence. Both cases are considered on the merits.

June 6, 1966, plaintiff Booker…