Legal Opinion
Snyder v. Andrews
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided March 24, 1998No. 482, 1996PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTNETT, Justice:
We consider the issue of how good time credits are to be deducted from the period of incarceration for an inmate who is serving two prison terms, one for crimes committed before the enactment of the Truth-in-Sen-teneing Act of 1989 1 (“the Act”), and the other for crimes occurring after the new law became effective. The Act applies to sentences for crimes committed after June 29, 1990 and, among other things, it eliminated parole. 2 The Act also significantly reduces the amount of good time credits available to diminish an inmate’s period of incarceration. 3 As will be seen,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Collins v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- California Department of Corrections v. MoralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Lynce v. MathisSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Coastal Barge Corp. v. Coastal Zone Industrial Control BoardSupreme Court of Delaware · 1985
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Rubick v. Security Instrument Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 2000
- Butcher v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2017
- CML V, LLC v. BaxCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 2010
- Taylor v. LSI Logic Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1998
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