Still v. State

WEATHERBEE, Justice.

Petitioner’s appeal from the denial of the Writ of Habeas Corpus raises the single question of whether a statute enacted after Petitioner’s conviction but before his release to parole can affect, to the Petitioner’s disadvantage, the portion of the sentence remaining for Petitioner to serve following revocation of the parole. On November 5, 1964 Petitioner was sentenced to serve one to four years at the Maine State Prison. Under law existing at that time, a parolee’s sentence continued to run during the time he was absent from the prison on parole and the statutes and…