Legal Opinion
Secretary, Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services v. Henderson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 8, 1998No. 39, Sept. Term, 1998PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILNER, Judge.
We granted certiorari to review an order of Judge Joseph H.H. Kaplan, of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, directing that the State Division of Correction release Vincent Henderson from custody. We shall affirm that order, but for different reasons than those used by Judge Kaplan.
*440This appeal requires that we revisit two earlier decisions—Md. House of Correction v. Fields, 348 Md. 245, 703 A.2d 167 (1997) and Beshears v. Wickes, 349 Md. 1, 706 A.2d 608 (1998). Those cases and this one involve the method of calculating diminution credits that prisoners are eligible to earn for…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Lynce v. MathisSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- United States v. WellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- State v. FabritzCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- State v. LancasterCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1993
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PursellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Vincent Henderson Daryelle Rexrode John Calella v. Stuart O. Simms Richard Lanham, Sr. William O. FilbertCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- Baltimore Sun Co. v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2000
- Dorsey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1999
- Moats v. ScottCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2000
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