LYNCH, PETITIONER


379 Mass. 757 (1980)

400 N.E.2d 854

FRANCIS B. LYNCH, Petitioner.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

February 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. Sullivan, Assistant Attorney General, for the respondents.

Jonathan Shapiro for the petitioner.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

We granted the Commonwealth's application for further appellate review to consider the question of the petitioner's right to statutory good time credits (see G.L.c. 127, § 129) against certain sentences. The facts in this case are set out in the opinion of the Appeals Court, Lynch, petitioner, 7 Mass.App.Ct. 529, 530-531 (1979). We must consider two questions: (1) whether the petitioner must forgo...

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