Legal Opinion
Finnegan v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 18, 2003No. 156 MAP 2001PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice EAKIN.
In 1986, appellant was sentenced to 15 to 30 years incarceration for six counts of robbery, burglary, and criminal conspiracy. He was eligible for parole March 28, 2001, but after a hearing, the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole refused to grant him parole on the grounds that “[t]he fair administration of justice [could not] be achieved through [appellant’s] release on parole.” Notice, 12/4/00. Appellant filed a pro se petition for a writ of mandamus in the Commonwealth Court seeking to compel the Board to apply the versions of the Parole Act, 61 P.S. §§…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- California Department of Corrections v. MoralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Garner v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Bronson v. Commonwealth Board of Probation & ParoleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Coady v. VaughnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Shawn Parker v. Donald Kelchner, Superintendent Attorney General of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
- Hall v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Wilbur Richardson v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole Attorney General of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
- Cimaszewski v. Bd. of Probation and ParoleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Freed v. Geisinger Medical CenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
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