Williams v. Castilla’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Myers v. State · 556 So. 2d 1059 - Moore v. Ruth · 542 So. 2d 871 - McFadden v. State
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“Having reviewed the file and record, and conferred with the parole board, by and through its employee Kay Washington, the court finds that [Wheeler] has not met his burden to demonstrate that this court has jurisdiction over the matter. [Wheeler] provided the court with a report from his parole hearing held April 4, '2013, in which the parole board found that [Wheeler] had violated the terms and conditions of his parole, by being convicted of a felony, pursuant to [section] 47-7-27(4). Assuming[,] arguen-do, the court had jurisdiction over this issue, [Wheeler] has not provided the court with any proof whatsoever! ] that the parole board[ ] or MDOC acted improperly in revoking his parole. In oral argument, [Wheeler] intimated that his life sentence had expired, and that MDOC had miscalculated his combined sentences. The court finds that[,] by definition, a life sentence cannot expire, and that [Wheeler] has provided no evidence that he has exhausted the administrative remedies program at MDOC. As such, this court has no jurisdiction over matters of sentence calculation. Additionally, [Wheeler] claims that he was convicted in 2012-181-LT [ (felony shoplifting) ] under the wrong name, and therefore he should not be incarcerated. The argument, though convoluted, seems to be that he was convicted under the name, Johnnie H. Wheeler, born April 23,1951, when his name is actually Johnnie E. Wheeler, born April 22,1951. [Wheeler] claims that he was denied identification by the Missis”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“even when a parolee is acquitted in a criminal proceeding, this 'does not per se preclude parole revocation predicated upon facts and circumstances giving rise to the criminal charge.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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