Albert E. Reese v. H. J. Cardwell, Warden, Ohio Penitentiary

Albert E. Reese, petitioner-appellant, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Reese is confined in the Ohio State Penitentiary where he is serving two sentences — one, to five years for assault with a dangerous weapon, and the other, ten to twenty years for conspiracy to possess narcotics.

The appellant contests only the ten to twenty year sentence. The parties disagree as to whether these sentences were to be served concurrently or consecutively, and there is nothing in…