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RACHAL, PETITIONER

Nos. 87-693 & 87-752.

25 Mass. App. Ct. 126 (1987)

516 N.E.2d 169

JOSEPH GERARD RACHAL, petitioner (and a companion case).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

December 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Grossberg for the petitioner.

Michael Cohen for the respondent.

Present: ARMSTRONG, DREBEN, & KASS, JJ.

ARMSTRONG, J.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, whereby the petitioner, Rachal, claims that the Department of Correction has erroneously computed his release date and that, under the applicable statutes concerning deductions from sentence, he is presently entitled to release. The department computes his release date as November 25, 1988.2

Rachal's criminal career, so far as pertains to this petition, is as follows...

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