Legal Opinion
Rachal
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 3, 1987No. Nos. 87-693 & 87-752PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong , J.
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, whereby the petitioner, Rachal, claims that the Department of Correction has erroneously computed his release date and that, under the applicable statutes concerning deductions from sentence, he is presently entitled to release. The department computes his release date as November 25, 1988.2
Rachal’s criminal career, so far as pertains to this petition, is as follows. He was arrested July 14, 1968, for homicide, and he pled guilty to murder in the second degree in May, 1969. He was sentenced to life and given credit for 193 days’ jail time…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Frank Haygood v. Evelle J. Younger, and Harold Cranke and Benjamin SeymourCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- In Re HainesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1925
- Loring v. MercierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
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3Cited by5 opinions
- DuPont v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
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- Hubbard v. GodboutMassachusetts Superior Court · 2009
- Pontes v. DuBoisMassachusetts Superior Court · 1996
- Quinerly v. VerdiniMassachusetts Superior Court · 2001