Legal Opinion
Hamm v. Latessa, MCI
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 28, 1995No. 94-1999, 94-2018PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Ralph C. Hamm, III, is currently serving two concurrent, parole-eligible life sentences in a Massachusetts state penitentiary. He faces an additional twenty-six to forty years in prison from and after the culmination of his life sentences. Hamm solicits a writ of habeas corpus, naming as respondents the superintendent of the state correctional facility where he is confined, the Commissioner of Correction, and the Parole Board (hereinafter collectively the respondent or the Commonwealth), and contending that a policy implemented by the Commonwealth after his…
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