Trivento v. Commissioner of Corrections

This case presents three questions: I. Whether, given the facts alleged in this petition for a declaratory judgment, the Washington Superior Court had proper subject matter jurisdiction. II. Whether a convicted criminal who has been committed to a state penal institution as a “psychopathic personality” (under 18 V.S.A. § 8501 et seq., superseding 18 V.S.A. § 2811 et seq.) may accumulate “good time credit” (under 28 V.S.A. § 811, superseding 28 V.S.A. § 252), to be applied against a subsequently imposed sentence. III. If not, whether failure to accord good time credit to such an individual…