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VENMAN v. PATRISSI

No. 89-588.

590 A.2d 897 (1991)

Robert VENMAN v. Joseph PATRISSI, Commissioner, Department of Corrections and Michael O'Malley, Superintendent, Rutland Community Correctional Center.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

March 29, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter M. Morris, Jr., Defender Gen., and Jeffrey Dworkin, Prisoners' Rights Office, Montpelier, for plaintiff-appellant

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Atty. Gen., Montpelier, and Thomas J. Rushford, Asst. Atty. Gen., Waterbury, for defendants-appellees.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and GIBSON, DOOLEY and JOHNSON, JJ.

JOHNSON, Justice.

Plaintiff appeals from a declaratory ruling by the superior court that upheld the Department of Corrections' application of the good-time credit statute, 28 V.S.A. § 811. The statute allows reduction of an inmate's sentence by up to ten days for every month served with no infractions of the rules and regulations of the correctional facility. Plaintiff was sentenced to zero to three years, with all time suspended except thirty days. The Department...

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