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· 4/18/1960

Fowlkes v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary

Citations

  • 222 Md. 613
  • 159 A.2d 867
  • 1960 Md. LEXIS 392

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  • Michigan jail overcrowding act, which allowed county sheriff to reduce sentences of inmates already convicted, held to contravene the governor’s exclusive commutation power

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