Legal Opinion
United States Parole Commission v. Christopher Rufus Williams
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 20, 1995No. 94-5284PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:
Before 1987, drug offenders released from prison were required to serve terms of “special parole” administered by the United States Parole Commission. When Christopher R. Williams was convicted in 1976 for federal narcotics offenses, the court therefore sentenced him not only to three concurrent terms of five years’ imprisonment, but also to three concurrent five-year special parole terms pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(b). Eighteen years later, while he was serving time in prison for parole violations, Williams brought…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Bobby Battle v. U.S. Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Gozlon-Peretz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. Shaun K. O'NeilCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Robert Kenneth Rich, United States of America v. Larry J. WeberCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Behrooz K. BehnezhadCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Kevin Fowler v. United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- Kent Evans v. United States Parole Commission, Jay Van Russell v. United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Artuso v. HallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald Martel WALKER, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
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