Hudson v. Commonwealth

STUMBO, Justice.

Movant, Henry Hudson, an inmate at the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex in Eddyville, Kentucky, challenges an order of the Court of Appeals affirming the denial of a writ of habeas corpus.

The facts of this case are undisputed. On March 1, 1988, Movant began serving a fourteen-year sentence under the custody and supervision of the Indiana Cabinet of Correction. On August 17, 1988, the Hopkins County (Ky.) Circuit Court placed with the Indiana authorities a detainer warrant and indictment against Movant on a Kentucky charge. Movant appeared before the Hopkins Circuit Court…