Legal Opinion
State v. McCallion
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided June 3, 1994No. A-4813, A-5068, A-5123, A-5124 and A-5215PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOLVERTON, District Court Judge.
The issue presented by these cases consolidated on appeal is whether the various trial courts properly interpreted former AS 33.-20.010, the statute enacted in 1960 governing “good-time credit” for sentence reductions due to good behavior while in custody. The trial courts uniformly interpreted this statute as requiring computation of good-time credit according to the “block” method used by the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) from 1960 through 1971, rather than by the “accrual” method that the DOC administratively adopted for use from 1971 to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Guin v. HaAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
- Tesoro Alaska Petroleum Co. v. Kenai Pipe Line Co.Alaska Supreme Court · 1987
- State v. AlexAlaska Supreme Court · 1982
- Public Defender Agency v. Superior Court, Third Judicial DistrictAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- State v. FoggCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2000
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