Court Opinion

ID: 9458218
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 20:45:42.223895+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:35:40.590857
License: Public Domain

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
Grene has filed a petition for rehearing of this panel’s opinion denying his petition for mandamus. Several contentions are presented, but only one requires any further discussion.
Conceding that the 1966 amendment to 18 U.S.C. § 3568 has only prospective application, Grene argues that he is still entitled to credit on his twelve-year sentences imposed in 1962 for the time he was incarcerated by virtue of sentence imposed in 1963 and 1964, between the effective date of the 1966 amendment and his release on parole in December, 1966. We do not agree.
The amendment to § 3568 which was enacted on June 22, 1966 and became effective on September 20, 1966 is applicable only to sentences which were imposed on or after the effective date. Therefore, the determination of whether one is entitled to credit under the amended statute hinges on the date of sentencing, not the date of confinement. Ballard v. United States, 5th Cir. 1968, 388 F.2d 607; Tandler v. Blackwell, 5th Cir. 1969, 412 F.2d 780. Since Grene was sentenced on August 20, 1962, he cannot claim any benefits from the 1966 amendment to § 3568.
It is ordered that the petition for rehearing filed in the above styled and numbered cause be and the same is hereby denied.