Bridges v. State

Johnson, Presiding Judge.

Joseph Walter Bridges pled guilty to a burglary charge on November 3, 1998, in Douglas County and was given a twenty-year sentence; he was ordered to serve eight of the twenty-year sentence in confinement. After sentencing, he remained in the Douglas County jail awaiting transfer to a state prison facility. After about three days, Bridges was transferred to the Newton County jail on a superior court bench warrant in an unrelated case. The paperwork sent with Bridges stated that he was “under sentence requiring state time to be served.” About a week after being…