Legal Opinion
In Re Advisory Opinion to the Governor
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided October 9, 1980PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
To His Excellency J. Joseph Garrahy Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
In fulfillment of their constitutional obligation to advise you on questions of law which relate to your official duties as the head of a coordinate branch of government, Advisory Opinion to the Governor, R.I., 394 A.2d 1355 (1978), the undersigned forward this communication to you as a reply to your inquiry in which you ask whether an individual who has been sentenced to serve two consecutive life sentences may apply for parole after ten years’ imprisonment or whether such a person must serve…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bangert v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
- Howell v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
- State v. MaxeySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1964
- State v. UphamSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
- Advisory Opinion to the GovernorSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1978
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Lerner v. GillSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1983
- United States v. James Neal KinslowCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Maurice R. Lerner v. Matthew Gill, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Aue v. DiesslinSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
- State v. BallardSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1997
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