NORRIS v. CASSON


460 A.2d 547 (1982)

Daniel NORRIS, Petitioner, v. Oliver W. CASSON, Chairman of the Delaware Parole Board; James T. Vaughn, Former Director of Delaware Corrections; John L. Sullivan, the Director of Delaware Prisons; Walter R. Redman, Warden of Smyrna Correctional Center; the Delaware State Parole Board; Charles H. Dent, Parole Agent No. 1; Richard S. Gebelein, State Prosecutor; Pierre S. DuPont, Governor of the State of Delaware; Marilyn Letts, Parole Agent for Delaware, et al., Respondents.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: December 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Norris, pro se.

Francis A. Reardon, Deputy Atty. Gen., Wilmington, for respondents.


CHRISTIE, Justice.

On April 11, 1962, after having served fifteen years of a life sentence, which had been imposed in Delaware for murder, petitioner was granted a parole. Fifteen years later, on July 20, 1977, petitioner was arrested in California, where he had been residing for a number of years, and he was charged with attempted murder, assault with intent to rape, burglary, and assault with a deadly weapon. He subsequently...

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