Legal Opinion
Conner v. Griffith
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided September 20, 1977No. 13911PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Justice:
In this habeas corpus case we are asked to consider the constitutionality of that portion of W. Va. Code, 62-12-19, as amended, which permits the Board of Probation and Parole to reimprison a parole violator without crediting the time served on parole against the original sentence.1
In 1973, petitioner was convicted of grand larceny and sentenced to the Huttonsville Correctional Center for one to ten years. On February 5, 1975, he was placed on parole. He remained on parole until November, 1976, when he was arrested for parole violation. Petitioner’s parole was subsequently…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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3Cited by117 opinions
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