Rakus v. Robinson

Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

Frank Rakus, petitioner pro se, was sentenced in 1950 to life imprisonment for the crime of first degree murder. This sentence was commuted in 1976 to a term of thirty years to life, said minimum sentence to expire on January 10, 1980. Added to the commutation order was the following phrase: “so that he may be eligible for pre-release consideration at the discretion of the Bureau of Correction.” Petitioner promptly began to request admission to pre-release programs such as picnic visits and furloughs, apparently with the belief that the addenda to the…