Smyth v. Holland

How courts have described this case

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• “scope of the inquiry is limited to the propriety of the prisoner’s present detention, that is, whether his detention is by due process of law.”
• “Provisions relating to the remission of fines and penalties, punishment and execution of sentences, the commencement of the confinement for crimes, credits and allowances to convicted persons, and probation and parole, are controlled and limited by our Constitution and statutes.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).