Legal Opinion
Stewart v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided January 20, 2005No. 2003-SC-0359-DGPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Justice WINTERSHEIMER.
This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed an order of the circuit court dismissing a pro se petition by Stewart for declaratory judgment after the Parole Board reversed its decision to parole him.
The questions presented by Stewart involve whether the denial of parole was unlawful in that the Parole Board violated various statutes, exercised power arbitrarily and unconstitutionally applied statutes in an ex post facto manner.
The real issue involved in this case concerns the scope and authority of the Parole Board in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- California Department of Corrections v. MoralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Garner v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Johnson v. RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Mabe v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1994
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Simmons v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2007
- Seymour v. ColebankCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2005
- Phillips v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2012
- Antonio D. Adams v. Kentucky Parole BoardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2023
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