Legal Opinion
Danny A. Stewart v. Derrick D. Schofield, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Correction
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 25, 2012No. M2010-01808-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 120 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · ClarkCornelia A. Clark, C.J.
in which JANICE M. HOLDER, GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
We accepted this appeal to clarify the procedures an inmate must follow to dispute the determination of parole eligibility when the inmate is serving consecutive determinate sentences imposed pursuant to the Criminal Sentencing Reform Act of 1989 (“1989 Act”). See Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 40-35-101 to -505 (2010 & Supp.2011). We clarify that the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act (“UAPA”) governs an inmate’s challenge to the Tennessee Department of Correction’s (“TDOC”) calculation of a release…
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