Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Woodward v. Board of Parole
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 18, 1924No. 26385PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
Relator was sentenced to the penitentiary for life in 1914, when the statute of that year (No. 149 of 1914) affecting paroles was in force. He applied to defendant board for a parole under the provisions of that law, and it refused to file and consider his application for the reason that the Acts Nos. 123, 124, and 125 of 1916 (as interpreted by this court in the case of State ex rel. Pailet v. Board of Parole, 151 La. 720, 92 South. 312) exclude a life termer from the benefits of a parole.
Thereupon relator petitioned the court below for a writ of mandamus to compel said board to file and…
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