Legal Opinion
Evan Arthur Hook v. State of Arizona
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 15, 1974No. 73-1695PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Appellant Evan Arthur Hook, an Arizona prisoner, filed a petition for habeas corpus alleging he had not been allowed credit on his prison sentence for 236 days of presentence confinement. He asserted that since his prison sentence was for the maximum term allowed by the applicable Arizona statute depriving him of this credit denied him equal protection of the law. He asked that the state be required to deduct the presentence time served from his sentence. Appellant also asserted that the district attorney “inferred and implied” that he would get credit for time served if he pleaded…
3Cases cited8 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Williams v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States of America Ex Rel. Albert Curtis v. Hon. John Zelker, Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional Facility, Stormville, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Morris Wilbur Lee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
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4Cited by26 opinions
- Leonard Campbell v. Anderson McGruder Superintendent, Detention Services, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Thomas Harry Durkin v. Jack F. Davis, Director, Dept. Of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Michael R. King v. Donald W. Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Harris v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- Arthur Jackson, Jr. v. State of Alabama, Jasper Lee Cooks v. Circuit Court of Mobile CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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