Legal Opinion
Joseph Brennan v. Board of Parole For The State of Tennessee
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided January 10, 2017No. M2014-01591-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · LeeSharon G. Lee, J.
in which Jeffrey S. Bivins, C.J., and Cornelia A. Clark and Holly Kirby, JJ., joined. Roger A. Page, J., not participating.
The Tennessee Board of Parole denied parole to a prisoner who was serving a twenty-year sentence for convictions of attempted rape of a child. The Board determined 'that the prisoner’s release from custody would depreciate the seriousness of the crime for which he was convicted or promote disrespect for the law. The prisoner filed a petition of certiorari challenging the Board’s decision. The trial court affirmed the Board’s decision, and the prisoner appealed. The…
3Cases cited13 opinions
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Powell v. Parole Eligibility Review BoardCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
- Willis v. Tennessee Department of CorrectionTennessee Supreme Court · 2003
- Danny A. Stewart v. Derrick D. Schofield, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of CorrectionTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
- Arnold v. Tennessee Board of ParolesTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
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4Cited by13 opinions
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- Caldwell v. PoundsDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 2025
- Darryl Whisnant v. Tennessee Board of Probation and ParoleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2025
- Fred Auston Wortman, III v. State of Tennessee, Tennessee Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2021
- Gary Wayne Garrett v. Tennessee Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2021
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