Ray v. Howard’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 145 Pa. Super. 26 - Commonwealth Ex Rel. Lycett v. Ashe, Warden · Cunningham v. Commonwealth · 146 Pa. Super. 354 - Commonwealth Rel. Morgan v. Smith, Warden
Most-quoted passages
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“[c]onstructive parole differs from actual parole in that rather than actually releasing the parolee from prison, [he is] merely free[d] ... to begin serving the next consecutive sentence. In effect, he is simultaneously serving the remainder of the maximum term of the first sentence and the minimum term of the second.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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