Jones v. Thomas

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1989-08-11

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*378 Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court. After it became apparent that two consecutive sentences had been imposed where state law permitted but one, a Missouri court vacated the shorter of the two and credited the time already served against the remaining sentence. At the time the court entered its order, the prisoner had completed serving…

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