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DAVIS v. HENDERSON

No. 93-SP-954.

652 A.2d 634 (1995)

James DAVIS, Appellant, v. John S. HENDERSON, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 12, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Rickman, for appellant.

Mary L. Wilson, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Vanessa Ruiz, Acting Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, were on brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN and KING, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.

KING, Associate Judge:

James Davis appeals the Superior Court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the District of Columbia Parole Board ("Board") violated the ex post facto clause of the Constitution by applying a numerical scoring system ("salient factor score"), adopted after he was sentenced, to determine his parole eligibility. Because salient factor scores merely formalize the method by which the Board can exercise its discretion...

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