Hock v. Singletary’s Empirical Analysis
41 F.3d 1470 · 1995
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex · Weaver v. Graham · Dobbert v. Florida · Conway v. Statesman Mortgage Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he retroactive application of control release does not actually disadvantage the petitioner by reducing his opportunity to shorten his time in prison. Because control release is based on an arbitrary and unpredictable determinant, the prison population level, an inmate has no reasonable expectation at the time he is sentenced that the prison population will reach the specified triggering level and that his incarceration will therefore be reduced.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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