Hill v. Snyder’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
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cited by 1 later decisions
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states following
May 2018
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Williams v. Taylor · Younger v. Harris
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“). [ 16 ] Further, the disciplinary credit statute states explicitly that first-degree murderers earn disciplinary credit; it provides that disciplinary credits are earned by those convicted of a crime enumerated in Mich. Comp. Laws § 791 .233b -which includes first-degree murder. See § 791.233b(n) (listing Section 316 of the Michigan penal code as one of the enumerated crimes); § 750.316 (first degree murder). 8 Despite this unambiguous language, Defendants argue there is some shade of gray. They point out that the good time statute indicates that a prisoner”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“of such sentence; therefore, they say, this statute cannot be applied to prisoners serving a life term.... This argument is unconvincing. The language may mean that the good time credits are not actually applied to a life sentence so long as it remains a life sentence. But there is no reason to think that a prisoner serving a life sentence could not, nonetheless, earn good time credits. They would be applied if and when the sentence was converted, for some reason, to a fixed sentence. Once changed to a term of years, there is an”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A defendant who is resentenced under subsection (4) shall be given credit for time already served, but shall not receive any good time credits, special good time credits, disciplinary credits, or any other credits that reduce the defendant's minimum or maximum sentence.”
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