Legal Opinion

Mahaney v. State

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 15, 1992PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTS, Justice.

Gary T. Mahaney appeals from the denial of his petition for post-conviction review by the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Kravchuk, J). On appeal he contends that: (1) the parole board erred in failing to follow its own procedure; (2) he was deprived of his absolute right to appear before the board; (3) his absence from the parole board hearing constituted a denial of due process; and (4) he was denied equal protection because he was treated differently than inmates housed within the state.

In 1980 Mahaney was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Maine State Prison for…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Avery v. Midland CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Zobel v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. Penobscot Area Housing Development Corp. v. City of BrewerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. School Administrative District No. 1 v. Commissioner, Department of EducationSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995
  2. Julio Bonilla v. Iowa Board of ParoleSupreme Court of Iowa · 2019
  3. In Re Christmas C.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998
  4. Guardianship of HughesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998
  5. State v. AbodaSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2010

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