SCAFATI, CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT

v.

GREENFIELD

Citator

Cited By (21 total)

• Lobo v. Fla. Parole & Prob. Comm'n, 433 So. 2d 622 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983)
  …eaver, it would appear that parole is also not immune from ex post facto scrutiny. In Weaver the Supreme Court quoted with approval an opinion of a three judge panel of the District Court in Greenfield v. Scafati, 277 F.Supp. 644 (Mass.1967), aff’d, 390 U.S. 713, 88 S.Ct. 1409, 20 L.Ed.2d 250 (1968), which found “no distinction between depriving a prisoner of the right to earn good conduct deductions and the right to qualify for, and hence earn, parole. Each ... materially ‘alters the situation of the accus…
• Weaver v. Graham, 450 U.S. 24 (U.S. 1981)
  …t of petitioner’s prison term — and that his effective sentence is altered once this determinant is changed. See Lindsey v. Washington, 301 U. S., at 401—402; Greenfield v. Scafati, 277 F. Supp. 644 (Mass. 1967) (three-judge court), summarily aff’d, 390 U. S. 713 (1968). See also Rodriguez v. United States Parole Comm’n, 594 F. 2d 170 (CA7 1979) (elimination of parole eligibility held an ex post facto violation). We have previously recognized that a prisoner’s eligibility for reduced imprisonment is a si…

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• Cal. Dep't of Corr. v. Morales, 514 U.S. 499 (U.S. 1995)
  …Warden v. Marrero, 417 U. S. 653, 658 (1974). See also Greenfield v. Scafati, 277 F. Supp. 644, 645 (Mass. 1967) (three-judge court) (“The availability of good conduct deductions is considered an essential element of the sentence”), summarily aff’d, 390 U. S. 713 (1968). Finally, we have held that an increase in punishment occurs when the State deprives a person of the opportunity to take advantage of provisions for early release. Thus, in Weaver we emphasized that “petitioner is ... disadvantaged by the r…

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