Rowell v. Dutton

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that habeas corpus relief was appropriate where the Governor had \exercise[d] his revocation authority over a commutee after the expiration of his sentence.\
• governor has broad power to grant commutations and has power to revoke commutations, but this power expires at expiration of the sentence
• no authority to revoke commuted sentence after the expiration of the original sentence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).