Berry v. Wolff

This is a habeas corpus proceeding wherein the question presented is whether the application of section 83-1,111 (5), R. R. S. 1943, as aménded in 1972, is ex post facto as to the defendant who had been convicted and placed on discretionary parole before the amendment was effective. Judgment was entered against the defendant in the District Court and it is affirmed.

Section 83-1,111 (5), as amended in 1972, provided for mandatory parole and then stated: “Nothing herein shall require the mandatory parole of an offender who has violated a discretionary parole within twelve months of the date…