Mastracchio v. Superior Court
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
1Opinion of the CourtJoslust, J.
This petition for certiorari was presented to us by a person confined at the adult correctional institutions, and was considered on briefs. The petitioner elected to present the case both before the superior court and here without the assistance of counsel. We review an order of the superior court refusing to grant the petitioner’s application for an order restraining the warden of those institutions from denying him for time served subsequent to May 6, 1960, the effective date of P. L. 1960, chap. 112, the enlarged benefits for good behavior awarded to prisoners pursuant to that chapter. The…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- John G. Comerford v. Commonwealth of MassachusettsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1956
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