DuPont v. Commissioner of Correction

In his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, Michael Kevin DuPont, a prisoner, focuses particularly on good time credits of which he claims to have been wrongly deprived. A judge of the Superior Court denied his petition. We affirm.

1. Background. In order to come to grips with the issues presented, it is necessary to set out DuPont’s convictions and sentencing history. So far as material to this appeal, the first batch of convictions and sentences imposed on DuPont occurred in 1971 and 1972. For armed robbery, DuPont received a sentence on October 27, 1971, of fifteen to thirty years. On…