Legal Opinion
Von Scheppf v. Louisiana Board of Pardons
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 22, 1988No. 87 CA 1265PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CRAIN, Judge.
Paul Von Scheppf is presently serving an eighteen year term of imprisonment at hard labor in the custody of the Department of Corrections.1 On July 19, 1983, the State of Louisiana Board of Pardons (Pardon Board) denied Scheppf’s application for clemency. The reasons given for the denial were (1) opposition from law enforcement personnel and (2) his parole date.
Scheppf sought judicial review of the denial on the grounds that the denial was due to erroneous information which was prejudicial to defendant which had been furnished to the Pardon Board. He sought to have the court…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- 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
- Richey v. HunterLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981