Legal Opinion
Wilton Chatman-Bey v. Edwin Meese, Iii, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 5, 1986No. 84-5901PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns the interaction of federal and District of Columbia statutes bearing on the parole eligibility of persons serving consecutive sentences for violations of both the United States Code and the District of Columbia Code: the federal prescription is 18 U.S.C. § 4205(a) (1982), which provides for parole eligibility after service of one-third of the prisoner’s term or terms or, at a maximum, 10 years; the District of Columbia law in point is contained in D.C. Code §§ 24-203(a), -204(a) (1981), which…
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- American Tobacco Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. ShimerSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Wilton Chatman-Bey v. Richard Thornburgh, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
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- Moss v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- Carmine Romano v. Dennis Luther, Warden, and Benjamin F. Baer, ChairmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
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