160 Ga. App. 419 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1981
In May 1977, while incarcerated in the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta after having been represented by appellant in a criminal appeal, appellee executed a promissory note for $20,000 in
“A parole is a conditional release, condition being that if [the] prisoner makes good, he will receive an absolute discharge from the balance of his sentence, but if he does not, he will be returned to serve the unexpired time.” 23 EGL 236, Pardon, Parole and Probation, § 2. “While the parolee is out of prison under the parole, he is still serving his sentence.” Jenkins v. Madigan, 211 F2d 904, 906 (7th Cir. 1954). Both state and federal statutory law expressly provide that a parolee remain in the legal custody of the Parole Board or the Attorney General until the expiration of the maximum term for which the parolee was sentenced. Code Ann. § 77-515; 18 USC § 4210 (a). Thus, as a matter of law, a prison sentence is not completed when a convict is released from confinement in the penitentiary and placed on parole. The trial court did not err when it ruled that appellant’s suit on the note was premature.
Judgment affirmed.