Rondeau v. Board of Parole

Petitioner pleaded guilty to murder committed in 1993 and was sentenced to 120 months in prison, to be followed by post-prison supervision (PPS) for life. He was released on PPS in 2001. He seeks judicial review of a March 9, 2005, order of the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision, in which the board determined that petitioner had violated conditions of PPS and imposed a sanction of 60 months’ imprisonment. According to petitioner, his PPS violation was merely “technical” in nature, and, under the applicable rule in effect at the time that he committed his crime, the maximum…