Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Ellard
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided July 3, 1985No. 83-1352PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
We issued the writ of certiorari in this case in order to review the Court of Criminal Appeals' decision, 474 So.2d 743, upholding the Board of Pardon and Parole's revocation of Richard Mark Ellard's parole. We affirm.
A complete statement of the facts is contained in the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals, but we set out a sufficient set of facts to support the reasons why we affirm.
Mark Ellard was incarcerated in the Alabama prison system pursuant to a life sentence for murder and a twenty-year sentence for assault with intent to murder. On December 8, 1980, parole officer Thomas Tate…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Ellard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
- John Cook Thomas v. Sara Cousins SellersCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Ex Parte BoykinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 2002
- Slawson v. Alabama Forestry Com'nSupreme Court of Alabama · 1994
- Ellard v. Alabama Board of Pardons and ParolesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Cox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
- Ex Parte Alabama Bd. of Pardons and ParolesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2002
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