Legal Opinion

Fultz v. Embry

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided October 15, 1998No. 97-1336PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TACHA, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 1 Petitioner was convicted in Colorado state court of two felonies committed in April 1985, and was given two concurrent twenty-four-year sentences. He alleges his presentence confinement, actual time served, good time credits, and earned time credits as of July 1997 totaled more than twenty-four years. Therefore, petitioner maintains, he has discharged his sentence and is entitled to an immediate release from custody. In support of his request…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Lynce v. MathisSupreme Court of the United States · 1997

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. John H. Chambers v. Colorado Department of Corrections Margaret Heil, in Her Individual and Official CapacityCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
  2. Willingham v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
  3. Reed v. McKuneCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
  4. Smith v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
  5. Andrew v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2023

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