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- Title: Norwood v. Brennan
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Release Date : January 04, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 51 KB
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Norwood is serving an aggregate twenty-five year sentence for two separate armed bank robbery convictions. On August 17, 1988, the United States Parole Commission conducted a parole hearing. The Regional Commissioner continued Norwood to the expiration of his sentence and cited aggravating factors in support. The National Appeals Board affirmed. Norwood then filed this habeas petition. Norwood claimed that the Commission failed to comply with section 235(b)(3) of the Sentencing Reform Act (codified at 18 U.S.C. § 3551) which, he argues, directed the Commission to set parole based upon the lower of the parole guidelines or the new sentencing guidelines. The district court denied the petition without ordering the United States Attorney to show cause why the writ of habeas corpus should not be issued. The district court explained at Norwoods argument overlooked a subsequent amendment that eliminated the language of section 235(b)(3), that would have entitled Norwood to an earlier release date. Norwood timely filed a notice of appeal.