Legal Opinion
Timothy J. Adams v. O.J. Keller, Commissioner and the U.S. Parole Commission
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 29, 1984No. 81-5513PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.
On March 21, 1979, Timothy J. Adams was arrested for detonating an explosive device in the Tesoro Coal Company Office Building in Hazard, Kentucky. As a result of the explosion an accountant working late in the building was killed. Adams pled guilty to a charge of unlawful use of explosive materials in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844. The district judge, aware that Adams was twenty-one years of age, but concerned that a maximum six-year sentence was inappropriate in light of the seriousness of the offense committed by Adams, with an accompanying death resulting…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Procunier v. NavaretteSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Ramesh Solomon v. Robert I. Elsea, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Lyman T. Shepard v. Larry Taylor, Warden, Metropolitan Correctional Center, and Maurice Sigler, Chairman, United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Dr. Earl Evans v. W.H. "Sonny" Dillahunty and William E. Amos, in Their Official CapacitiesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Benedict v. RodgersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
- Martin v. Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Daniel G. Benedict v. George Rodgers, Warden, Federal Correctional Institute, Englewood, Colorado Norman Carlson, Director, U.S. Bureau of Prisons Helen G. Corrothers, Western Regional Commissioner, U.S. Parole Commission William French Smith, Attorney General of the United States, Kent Patrick Ewing v. George Rodgers, Warden, Federal Correctional Institute, Englewood, ColoradoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
- Stojilko Kajevic v. Benjamin F. BaerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Charles Simmons v. Keohane, Warden United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
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