Legal Opinion
Whitney Paul Kills Crow v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 12, 1977No. 76-1908PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Chief Judge.
In Kortness v. United States, 514 F.2d 167 (8th Cir. 1975), we ruled that an inmate sentenced under 18 U.S.C. § 4208(a)(2) may be entitled to have his sentence modified under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 if the import of the sentence was changed by parole guidelines promulgated contemporaneous with the imposition of the sentence. Since Kortness, we have observed a proliferation of § 2255 petitions filed by resourceful prisoners who have felt aggrieved by adverse rulings of the Parole Board. To date, all efforts to convince this court to extend Kortness beyond its intended, and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Richard Pickus v. United States Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Ben J. Slutsky and Julius S. Slutsky D/B/A "The Nevele,"Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Robert D. Kortness v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Mychael W. McCoy v. United States Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Conklin Wallace v. Robert ChristensenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- United States of America Ex Rel. Lawrence Forman v. Cecil McCall Chairman, United States Parole Commission, United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- United States v. BazzanoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Homer Gene Edwards v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. DanskerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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