Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Arizona Board of Pardons & Paroles
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided March 21, 1985No. 1 CA-CIV 7668PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREER, Judge.
The issue in this case is whether the Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles failed to comply with A.R.S, § 31-412(A) in denying parole to the plaintiff/appellants. The superior court granted the Board’s motion to dismiss. We reverse and remand.
Appellants, inmates of the State Correctional Institution at Florence, filed suit in Maricopa County Superior Court, claiming that the Board failed to consider the statutory criterion set forth in A.R.S. § 31-412 in denying their parole applications.
The statutory provision states, in part: If a prisoner is certified as eligible for…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- George B. Garcia v. United States Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Soloway v. WegerDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- State v. HarrisCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1982
- Banks v. Arizona State Board of Pardons & ParolesCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1981
- Robert Joost v. U.S. Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Cooper v. Arizona Bd. of Pardons and ParolesArizona Supreme Court · 1986
- Cooper v. Arizona Bd. of Pardons and ParolesArizona Supreme Court · 1986