Parrish v. Wyrick

The petitioner was set free from imprisonment by order of commutation of sentence entered on June 19, 1979. The official action was not reported to this court until after hearing on the habeas corpus petition, so opinion has issued. I agree that the proceeding was not made moot by the commutation but for the reason that others, still imprisoned, have cause to assert the efficacy of merit time earned by compliance with the directives of the prison administrators to reduce sentence. I dissent because the majority do not accord to merit time so earned an absolute reduction of sentence.1

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