Santos v. Howard

This petition for habeas corpus filed on June 1, 1970, alleges that the petitioner is in the custody of the respondent warden but does not allege that such custody is unlawful. The petitioner is serving a two-year sentence at the Adult Correctional Institutions, which term of imprisonment began on December 18, 1969. It is further alleged that the petitioner had moved in Superior Court for the allowance of what he describes as “Awaiting Trial Time,” this being an obvious reference to G. L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §12-19-2. That section, in pertinent part, provides that whenever the court in…