Mann v. McSwain

In 2002, appellant Tony Mann was convicted of assault of a law enforcement officer in the first degree and an associated count of armed criminal action. Mann is currently serving his sentences. The Board of Probation and Parole issued an order granting Mann parole and ordering that he be released from confinement on October 5, 2016. The Board later rescinded that order, however, because it determined that assault of a law enforcement officer is a “dangerous felony” for which Mann is required to serve eighty-five percent of his sentence before becoming parole-eligible. Mann filed a petition…