Legal Opinion
Chalifoux v. Commissioner of Correction
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 19, 1978PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
We hold that, in computing the date of the plaintiff s discharge from confinement under a sentence imposed in this Commonwealth, he is entitled to credit for time served on a California sentence.
On November 19, 1971, Chalifoux was convicted in the Superior Court in Bristol County of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to a term of not more than ten years nor less than eight years. On February 15, 1973, he escaped. He was arrested in Los Angeles, California, on April 8, 1973, and charged with second degree kidnap. On April 19, 1973, Massachusetts lodged a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Nelson v. GeorgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Lewis v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Brown v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Manning v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional InstitutionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. GrantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Robert C. Beauchamp v. Paul Murphy, the Superintendent of the Old Colony Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- Commonwealth v. CarterMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Taylor v. SawyerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Taylor v. SawyerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
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