Hughes v. Slade.

• Position: HABEAS CORPUS - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED

Hughes v. Slade, 347 F.Supp.2d 821 (C.D.Cal. 2004). A prisoner convicted for attempted extortion petitioned for habeas corpus relief, challenging the denial of sentence credit for time served in a Mexican jail while awaiting extradition to the United States. The district court granted the petition, finding that the prisoner was entitled to credit for time served in the Mexican jail. The court held that the prisoner was...