Smith v. Board of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision

In this case, we review a Court of Appeals order summarily affirming a decision of the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (the board) that denied petitioner reparóle. We conclude that the Court of Appeals correctly relied on its own controlling precedent in deciding that petitioner did not present a substantial question of law under ORS 144.335. 1 We proceed, then, to the merits of petitioner’s claims. We hold that the board’s decision did not violate state or federal constitutional prohibitions against ex post facto laws, and we therefore affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.

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