Jackson v. Page

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge.

Petitioner herein filed a writ of habeas corpus, which we will treat as a writ of mandamus, in which he seeks an order directing the Warden of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, at McAlester, Oklahoma, to grant him credit for jail time served from the date of his arrest until he was delivered to the penitentiary, towards satisfaction of his penitentiary sentence. Petitioner received a five-year sentence from the Oklahoma County District Court for the crime of Attempted Robbery with Firearms.

Title 57 O.S.1961, § 138 provides in part as follows:

“All inmates serving…