Legal Opinion
David Earle Johnson v. Chase Riveland
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 2, 1988No. 85-2817PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge.
This appeal involves a petition for habeas corpus brought by a Colorado prisoner, David Earle Johnson. In state court, Johnson was convicted on three counts of aggravated robbery and sentenced to three consecutive terms of 13-40 years. In his habeas petition, Johnson claimed that the denial of credit for time spent in pretrial confinement, with respect to both the maximum and minimum terms imposed, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. While the petition was pending in the federal district court, the State granted Johnson parole on September…
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3Cited by34 opinions
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