Legal Opinion

Payton v. Cooper

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided February 10, 2006No. 2005 CA 0127PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtGuidry, J.

|8An inmate in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSC) appeals the district court’s dismissal of his petition seeking judicial review of a decision by DPSC refusing to credit him with the accrual of good time in diminution of his sentence.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On December 2, 1996, Anthony Payton was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment without the benefit parole, probation or suspension of sentence for the crime of forcible rape.1 On February 20, 1997, Payton executed a “Good Time Rate Option and Approval Form,” wherein he elected to receive…

2Cases cited6 opinions

United States v. Filemon Arzate-NunezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
State v. RolenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
State v. GirodLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2004
State ex rel. Counterman v. WhitleyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1992
George v. BakerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1999

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3Cited by1 opinion

Williams v. CreedLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2007