Legal Opinion
Norris v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 7, 2007No. 04-CO-1640PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
Rudolph V. Norris seeks to have his 1978 robbery conviction set aside in accordance with the Federal Youth Correction Act (“FYCA” or the ‘Youth Act”), 1 on the ground that he was unconditionally discharged from custody before his maximum sentence expired. Construing Norris’s pro se pleading as either a claim for relief under D.C.Code § 28-110 (2001) or a ha-beas corpus petition under D.C.Code § 16-1901 (2001), the trial court dismissed the action without reaching the merits. We reverse the dismissal and remand for further proceedings.
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Norris was convicted in 1978 of…
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