CHALIFOUX v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION


375 Mass. 424 (1978)

377 N.E.2d 923

RICHARD J. CHALIFOUX vs. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara A.H. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

James B. Krasnoo for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., KAPLAN, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

We hold that, in computing the date of the plaintiff's discharge from confinement under a sentence imposed in this Commonwealth, he is entitled to credit for time served on a California sentence.

On November 19, 1971, Chalifoux was convicted in the Superior Court in Bristol County of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to a term of not more than ten years nor less than eight years. On February 15, 1973, he escaped...

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