Legal Opinion
James O. Frierson v. William P. Rogers, United States Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1961No. 18556_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Per curiam
The District Court treated this as an application for a writ of habeas corpus. So do we. As such it was denied. We affirm.
The question is whether statutory good time commutation credits awarded by the prison authorities reduce the sentence — not merely the time of confinement — so that the prisoner becomes unconditionally free and not thereafter subject to revocation of his conditional release at any time up to the expiration date of his maximum term.
Petitioner’s contention is this. His 10-year sentence normally would have expired August 5, 1962. Under the good time allowances of 18 U.S.C.A.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Charles Schiffman v. Fred T. Wilkinson, Warden, United States Penitentiary, McNeil Island, WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
- Clifford L. Singleton v. Chesley H. Looney, Warden, U.S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1955
- Reubin Wooten v. Fred T. Wilkinson, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- John Joseph Miller v. W. H. Hardwick, Warden, the U. S. Board of Parole, the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Maurice Mickey Mandel v. David M. Heritage, Warden, United States Penitentiary, McNeil Island, WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
3Cited by18 opinions
- Joseph Orton Smith v. Olin G. Blackwell, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- George C. Desmond v. The United States Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1968
- Marvin Raines v. U.S. Parole Commission Robert J. ChristensenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- James Curtis McKinney v. J. C. Taylor, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
- Alexander J. Woykovsky v. Richard A. Chappell, Chairman, U. S. Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
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