Beach v. Commonwealth

MOREMEN, Judge.

This appeal involves the question as to whether or not appellant, Claude Beach, is entitled to credit for time served upon the original conviction from the last sentence imposed after a trial for the same crime.

Claude Beach was first indicted, tried and convicted for the crime of willful murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The judgment was affirmed by this court in Beach v. Commonwealth, Ky., 246 S.W.2d 587. Thereafter, Beach petitioned the Old-ham Circuit Court for a writ of habeas corpus which was denied. Upon appeal to this court, Beach v. Lady, Ky., 262 S.W.2d…