Legal Opinion
Cox v. McCarthy
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 1, 1987No. 87-1645PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
Two petitioners challenge in habeas corpus the constitutionality of a 1984 amendment to the California Penal Code as applied to them. They invoke the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution. The district court rejected this claim on the merits. We dismiss because the cases are now moot.
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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
Under Cal.Penal Code § 3057(c), which took effect on January 1, 1984, persons imprisoned for parole violations may incur additional periods of incarceration for misconduct committed inside the penitentiary. Petitioners were both on parole from felony…
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