Compton v. Lytle

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that life sentences lack a determinate maximum term, refusing to read specification of 30-year parole-eligibility date as creating a determinate minimum term
• comparing adjustment of erroneously granted good time credit to correction of “scrivener’s error,” and concluding that petitioner clearly was not deprived of due process
• describing several types of “good time” awards including meritorious good time and lump sum awards
• statute in effect at time Compton was decided, listing basic sentences for non-capital felonies, the longest of which is eighteen years
• statute in effect at time Compton was decided, listing basic sentences for non-capital felonies, the longest of which is eighteen years

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).