Legal Opinion
Baggett v. Keller
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided July 1, 2011No. 5:10-hc-02226PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JAMES C. DEVER III, District Judge.
Petitioners are state inmates serving life sentences imposed between April 8, 1974, and June 30, 1978, pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-2 (1974). 1 Petitioners contend that they have accrued sufficient good time, gain time, and merit time to entitle them to unconditional release and that North Carolina’s failure to release them violates the Due Process and Ex Post Facto Clauses of the United States Constitution. The Supreme Court of North Carolina rejected their claims, and petitioners now seek writs of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and 28…
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- People v. CarpMichigan Court of Appeals · 2012