Abrahams v. Commissioner of Correction

The plaintiff, Dana Abrahams, appeals from the dismissal of his complaint for declaratory relief concerning the calculation of his release date from a State prison sentence that he is currently serving.

His appeal raises the question whether the Superior Court sentencing judge could lawfully order that a State prison sentence be commenced immediately and served concurrently with a Federal sentence, notwithstanding that the prisoner was in Federal custody and not actually transported and delivered to the State prison facility until a later date. We hold that the sentencing judge had this…