Gant v. Reilly.U.S. District Court PAROLE -- REVOCATION Gant v. Reilly, 224 F.Supp.2d 26 (D.D.C. 2002). A prisoner petitioned for habeas relief alleging that his parole was improperly revoked. The district court granted a writ of habeas corpus Noun 1. writ of habeas corpus - a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge habeas corpus judicial writ, writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer , finding that there was no rational basis for the U.S. Parole Commission to determine that the prisoner was in constructive possession constructive possession n. when a person does not have actual possession, but has the power to control an asset, he/she has constructive possession. Having the key to a safe deposit box, for example, gives one constructive possession. (See: constructive) of concealed drugs in a car in which he was sitting in the passenger seat. (District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). ) |
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