Opinion ID: 2424519
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Prior Good-Conduct Credit Cases

Text: No doubt the four seminal cases discussed supraFields, Wickes, Henderson, and Hutchinson are factually and, in a few ways, legally distinct from the present case. These differences, however, are of no moment. Although the Division is correct that Fields and Wickes involved sentences imposed before and after 1992, that does not mean that their holdings apply only to similarly situated sentencing timelines. Moreover, while the Division is correct that Hutchinson involved a different (and uncontested) provision of the diminution statute than the present case, the Division ignores the fact that resolution of Hutchinson hinged on the legislative intent and previous caselaw associated with the statutory aggregation principle. In the final analysis, the distinctions underlying the Division's particular (and somewhat tortured) view of our cases in the present case are not material. [8]