Legal Opinion

Mastracchio v. Superior Court

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided April 30, 1964No. M. P. No. 1616PublishedCited by 7 opinions

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

  1. John G. Comerford v. Commonwealth of MassachusettsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1956

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Frazier v. MansonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
  2. Larry Frazier v. John R. Manson, Commissioner of Corrections, Kenneth Schaffer v. Carl Robinson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
  3. Boston v. BlackNebraska Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Schlein v. GrossSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  5. Barber v. VoseSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1996

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