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DEMOSTHENES v. WILLIAMS

No. 12962.

637 P.2d 1203 (1981)

Pete DEMOSTHENES, Records Officer, Charles L. Wolff, Jr., Director of Prisons, Appellants, v. W.C. WILLIAMS, Jr., Joe Walsh, Joseph Kazalyn, Leroy Collins, Keith Robinson, and George Miller, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Bryan, Atty. Gen., Ernest E. Adler and Brooke Nielsen, Deputy Attys. Gen., Carson City, for appellants.

Vargas & Bartlett, Reno, and Powell & Lambrose, Ltd., Carson City, for respondents.

Richard H. Bryan, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Calvin R.X. Dunlap, Dist. Atty., and Bruce R. Laxalt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Reno, amici curiae.

OPINION

MANOUKIAN, Justice:

The trial court issued a writ of mandamus ordering appellant, Nevada Department of Prisons, to apply good time credits to reduce the minimum sentences respondents must serve before becoming eligible for parole. The issue confronting us in this appeal by the State is whether good time credit provisions of NRS 209.443 apply to the parole eligibility of persons convicted under NRS 200.030 (Murder), NRS 200.320 (Kidnapping), and NRS...

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