Ex parte Richard Rivers (original by judge mcclure iii)
Annotate this CaseApplicant Richard Rivers was serving two sentences that involved Texas’ mandatory supervision statute in both its automatic and discretionary forms. The question his appeal presented for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals was whether the Texas Department of Criminal Justice could legally decline to release an inmate to mandatory supervision on one sentence until the inmate was eligible for release on all concurrent sentences. Because Applicant was eligible for mandatory supervision release on one of his convictions, the Court granted relief as to that sentence. However, because Applicant was ineligible for mandatory supervision on his second sentence, he was not entitled to immediate release as to that sentence.
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