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Florida Attorney General Reports

Decided March 20, 1996Published

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Harry K. Singletary, Jr. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections 2601 Blair Stone Road Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2500

Dear Secretary Singletary:

You ask substantially the following question:

May the Department of Corrections, in the exercise of its statutory grant of discretion, adopt a rule that denies an award of work, extra, and incentive gain-time to certain classes of inmates when such rule will be applied prospectively and will not affect such gaintime already awarded?

In sum:

The Department of Corrections, in the exercise of its statutory grant of discretion, may adopt a rule that…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Collins v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. California Department of Corrections v. MoralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  4. Douglas Charles Dufresne v. Benjamin Baer, Chairman, U.S. Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
  5. Waldrup v. DuggerSupreme Court of Florida · 1990

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