Charron v. State Board of Pardons & Paroles

Marshall, Presiding Justice.

This complaint was filed by plaintiff Thomas J. Charron, who is the District Attorney of the Cobb Judicial Circuit. Named as defendants are the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, as well as certain named parolees who were convicted in the plaintiff’s judicial circuit. In the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that in 1981 the board, without giving 10 days’ prior written notice to the plaintiff, granted paroles to the named parolees before they had served one-third of their sentences. The plaintiff complains that this violates OCGA § 42-9-46, and he requests the…