Legal Opinion
Henry Figueroa Guzman v. P. J. Morris, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 16, 1981No. 79-2706PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
Guzman appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He claims that the recalculation of his date of release from prison under the retroactivity provisions of California’s Determinate Sentence Law (DSL) violates the terms of his plea bargain and thus deprives him of due process. He also raises several other constitutional objections to this procedure. We affirm.
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In September 1975, Guzman was charged by information in the state court with violations of Cal.Penal Code §§ 211 (robbery), 489 (grand…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. Steven W. ArnettCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Frank Hale Bennett v. People of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Arnold Sanchez Fernandez v. John H. KlingerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by14 opinions
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