Opinion ID: 2069112
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Heading: Denial of the Writ

Text: The hearing justice in the Superior Court found that Barber's sentence to the ACI, however calculated, had not yet expired. Accordingly, she correctly determined that Barber was not being illegally detained and was not entitled to immediate release and denied his application. The writ of habeas corpus has never been recognized to permit the release of a prisoner being held in lawful confinement by virtue of a valid conviction and sentence. Ouimette v. Langlois, 97 R.I. 210, 211, 196 A.2d 828, 828 (1964); Fleury v. Langlois, 94 R.I. 412, 414, 181 A.2d 244, 246 (1962); Lee v. Kindelan, 80 R.I. 212, 223, 95 A.2d 51, 56 (1953); Asadoorian for Writ of Habeas Corpus, 48 R.I. 50, 54, 135 A. 322, 324 (1926). See also 39 Am.Jur.2d Habeas Corpus § 1 (1968).