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· 10/18/1939

Protests 917236-G of Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc.

Citations

  • 3 Cust. Ct. 448

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  • discussing the parole board’s unilateral authority to release an offender from the maximum indefinite sentence
  • discussing the parole board’s unilateral authority to release an offender from the maximum indefinite sentence
  • “As a general rule, a sentence that falls within the terms of a valid statute cannot amount to a cruel and unusual punishment.”

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Judges: Evans

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