Legal Opinion

Robinson v. Traughber

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided September 29, 1999PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BEN H. CANTRELL, Presiding Judge, M.S.

A prisoner filed a petition for writ of certiorari, claiming that the Board of Paroles had acted arbitrarily and illegally in denying him parole. The trial court dismissed the petition for failure to state a claim for which relief could be granted. We affirm the trial court.

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On November 10, 1988, Jeffrey Robinson was convicted of armed robbery and aggravated kidnapping in the Criminal Court of Davidson County. He was sentenced to thirty years for those offenses, to be served concurrently with an earlier twenty year sentence he had received for two…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Powell v. Parole Eligibility Review BoardCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
  2. Arnold v. Tennessee Board of ParolesTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Carl J. Monroe v. Morris Thigpen, Leland LambertCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
  4. Clark v. Metropolitan Government of NashvilleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1991
  5. Graham v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1957

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Willis v. Tennessee Department of CorrectionTennessee Supreme Court · 2003
  2. State v. LaneTennessee Supreme Court · 2008
  3. Robinson v. ClementCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
  4. Hopkins v. Tennessee Board of Paroles & ProbationCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
  5. Moore v. Metropolitan Board of Zoning AppealsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2006

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