Legal Opinion
Evans v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 25, 2003PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge LEAVITT.1
Warren M. Evans (Petitioner) filed a petition for a writ of mandamus on his own behalf (Petition), which we will treat as a petition for review filed in this Court’s original jurisdiction. He avers that, in denying him parole, the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) deprived him of due process, and retroactively applied Section 9718.1 of the Judicial Code2 to him in violation of the Ex Post Facto Clauses of the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions. U.S. Const. art. I, § 10; Pa. Const, art. 1, § 17. The Board filed a preliminary objection in the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- California Department of Corrections v. MoralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- McKune v. LileSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Lynce v. MathisSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Garner v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Dodgson v. Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Garrison v. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONSCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
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