Legal Opinion
Ray v. Carthen
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 16, 2002No. S02A1029PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
In April 1997, appellee Donald B. Carthen was convicted of robbery by intimidation and was sentenced to serve ten years in prison. In September 1998, appellant State Board of Pardons and Paroles (“the Board”) served Carthen with a “Parole Decision Guideline - Notice of Tentative Action,” informing him that the circumstances of his crime warrant that he serve more than 50 percent of his sentence, which is greater than the suggested guidelines. Carthen was further advised that he had been assigned a tentative parole month of December 2004, but that he may be considered for…
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