Legal Opinion
Donald Moore v. Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided May 2, 2005No. M2003-03110-COA-R3-CVPublished
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs March 7, 2005 DONALD MOORE v. TENNESSEE BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE Appeal from the Chancery Court for Davidson County No. 03-2239-II Carol McCoy, Chancellor No. M2003-03110-COA-R3-CV - Filed May 2, 2005 Following a hearing in October of 2000, three out of seven members of the Board of Paroles voted to parole a prisoner who was serving a life sentence for murder. Because of a 1997 statute that requires four members of the Board to concur on the parole of prisoners convicted of certain grave offenses, parole was denied. The…
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