Connery v. Commissioner of Correction

We granted the defendants’ application for further appellate review to consider their claim that the Appeals Court erred because it did not give “substantial deference” to their interpretation of G. L. c. 127, § 129D (1990 ed.). See Connery v. Commissioner of Correction, 33 Mass. App. Ct. 253 (1992). At issue is “[wjhether good conduct deductions, earned pursuant to G. L. c. 127, § 129D, should be subtracted from the minimum term of a [Sjtate prison sentence, or from that portion of the minimum *1010sentence that G. L. c. 127, § 133 requires to be served prior to parole eligibility.” The Superior…