Johnson v. Gage

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In 1979, Appellant was convicted of uttering a forged instrument and second degree forgery. Appellant escaped from prison in 1987. In 1997, Appellant was convicted of first degree murder in a California court. In 2006, Appellant was granted a voluntary transfer to the Nebraska prison system. In 2013, Appellant filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus against certain officials of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, arguing that when he was transferred to Nebraska, he resumed serving his sentences for the 1979 Nebraska convictions and that the maximum term for those sentences had been completed in 2011. The district court denied and dismissed the petition, concluding that Nebraska was holding Appellant as an agent for California and that Appellant would not begin serving his Nebraska sentences until after he had been released from his California sentence. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the district court correctly found that Appellant was not entitled to habeas corpus relief. View "Johnson v. Gage" on Justia Law