Legal Opinion
Bossie v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 27, 1985PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATHEN, Justice.
On this consolidated appeal arising from an order of the Superior Court (Kennebec County) denying six consolidated Petitions for Post-Conviction Review, three of the six defendants below appeal to the Law Court pursuant to 15 M.R.S.A. § 2131 (Supp. 1983-1984) and M.R.Crim.P. 76. On appeal, petitioners contend that the Superior Court erred in deciding that a recently enacted statutory formula for the calculation of good-time reductions in prior sentences is an unconstitutional exercise of legislative power in conflict with the exclusive power of the executive to commute…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- State v. CrockerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. Environmental Improvement CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- State v. DavenportSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
- State v. HunterSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- State v. CropleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988
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