Legal Opinion
Woods v. State Board of Parole
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 5, 1967PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
Woods seeks declaratory relief concerning criminal sentences imposed upon him. On February 18, 1955, Woods was sentenced to a term in prison of four to six years. While at liberty on parole, he committed another crime, which caused his parole to be revoked. “The revocation warrant was lodged at the Walpole State Prison. ’ ’ On April 24,1958, he was sentenced to prison for a term of four to six years. He was transferred to Concord on July 10, 1958, and there became involved in a riot in April, 1959. After an attempted escape he was apprehended and sentenced on June 29,1959, to a maximum term…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
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