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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Clarifies Law Crediting "Street Time"
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2004
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2004, page 13
by Matthew T. Clarke The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has recently clarified the meaning of the recent statute allowing the award of parole "street time" credits for prisoners convicted of non-violent crimes.
Lucian Lee Spann and Andrew Michael Marby are Texas state prisoners who, after having their paroles revoked, ...
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