Jones v. Keller

Issue: (1) Whether the Supreme Court of North Carolina correctly held that the Due Process Clause permitted the state to continue to incarcerate prisoners even though they had been awarded sufficient sentence-reduction credits to mandate release; and (2) whether the Supreme Court of North Carolina correctly held that the Ex Post Facto Clause permitted the state to refuse to honor the sentence-reduction credits awarded to petitioners as prescribed by law at the time of petitioners' offenses.

Briefs and Documents

Certiorari-stage documents

• Opinion below (Supreme Court of North Carolina)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Petitioners' reply
• Amicus brief of Equal Justice Initiative et al.