Legal Opinion
Slocum v. Georgia State Board of Pardons & Paroles
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 14, 1982No. 81-7259PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 from the dismissal of petitioner’s writ of habeas corpus requires that we decide whether Georgia’s parole laws create a protectable expectation of conditional release so as to entitle the petitioner to due process in his consideration for parole. For the reasons stated below, we resolve this issue adversely to petitioner and affirm the decision of the district court.
Petitioner-appellant Harry Slocum is presently serving two concurrent life sentences imposed following his 1973 convictions for murder and armed robbery. In August,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Connecticut Board of Pardons v. DumschatSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Jago v. Van CurenSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Marcus T. Baumann v. Arizona Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Roosevelt Brandon v. District of Columbia Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Vincenzo v. WardenConnecticut Appellate Court · 1991
- Leo Fuller v. Georgia State Board of Pardons and ParolesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Velasco-Gutierrez v. CrosslandCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
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