Martinez v. Cox

Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus in the Supreme Court upon his allegation that he has fully completed service of his sentence of imprisonment “for a term of not less than two nor more than ten years * * * all of said sentence except the first eighteen months is hereby suspended.”

Sections 42-1-54 and 55, N.M.S.A.1953, permit an allowance of certain “good time” and “meritorious good time” to be Credited upon the time a prisoner serves. It has been stipulated that petitioner has earned two months “good time” and three months and twenty-four days of “meritorious good time,” and, that if…