Chatman-Bey v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. “To hold that [Chatman-Bey] is entitled to an earlier parole eligibility date would frustrate the intentions of the Superior Court ... which expressly made [the] D.C. sentence consecutive to the first federal sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Chatman-Bey v. Meese