162 W. Va. 157 - Woods v. Whyte’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
June 2003
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 161 W. Va. 262 - Woodring v. Whyte
Most-quoted passages
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“1) Law-Allowable Good Time —W.Va. Code, 28-5-27 [1923]: This authorizes as much as 10 days per month for inmates who have not violated any prison rules in a given month. II) Expiration date — The date an inmate will be released if he earns all of his law-allowable good time. An inmate with no infractions against him will be released on this date by operation of law. Id., at 831 (Emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“is designed to advance the goal of improved prison discipline.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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