Lee v. State

DAN M. LEE, Justice,

for the Court:

This appeal presents just one issue, whether a circuit judge of one county may grant credit for time served in a second county when a prisoner is arrested and charged with a crime in the first county and, prior to arraignment, is subsequently transferred to the second county to face another charge, the transfer being attended by a detainer from the first county? We conclude that § 99-19-23 Miss.Code Ann. (1972) requires this question be answered in the affirmative.

The record in this appeal is scant to say the least. It consists primarily of appellant Lonnie…