BELL v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 12637.

403 A.2d 330 (1979)

Lawrence A. BELL, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael I. Gilbert, Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, for appellant.

John H. Korns, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before GALLAGHER and MACK, Associate Judges, and YEAGLEY, Associate Judge, Retired.


PER CURIAM:

Lawrence Bell appeals the trial court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He seeks to credit approximately 35 months of incarceration in the Georgia state penitentiary against a District of Columbia sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 5010(b) (1976) of the Youth Corrections Act for receiving stolen property and possession of implements of crime.1 The trial court refused to grant the requested credit. We...

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