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· 10/26/1994

Brooks v. Shanks

Citations

  • 885 P.2d 637
  • 118 N.M. 716

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that prison officials must notify prisoners of the potential deprivation of good-time credits before the prison disciplinary hearing
  • holding that earned good time credits under § 33-2-34 were an entitlement that could only be divested by following statutory and administrative procedures
  • holding that the good-time credits statutes “confer an entitlement to good-time credits and that this entitlement may be divested only when the statutory and administrative procedures relating to those credits have been followed”
  • stating that when a habeas corpus petition alleges the wrongful deprivation of good time credits, courts should determine whether the deprivation satisfied due process requirements
  • stating that when a habeas corpus petition alleges the wrongful deprivation of good-time credits, courts should determine whether the deprivation satisfied due process requirements
  • stating that “there are a number of good time credits that a prisoner may accrue“

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Judges: Montgomery, Bacá, Ransom

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