Opinion

Slocum v. Georgia State Board of Pardons & Paroles

  • 459 U.S. 1043
  • 51 U.S.L.W. 3420
  • 103 S. Ct. 462
  • 74 L. Ed. 2d 612
  • 1982 U.S. LEXIS 4552
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Nov 29, 1982
Status
Published
Cited by
23 cases
Authority
More cited than 93.6%

Georgia statute had no “scheme that requires release ‘unless adverse findings based on [specific] criteria are made’ ” thus there was no protected liberty interest.

How later courts described this case

  • Georgia statute had no “scheme that requires release ‘unless adverse findings based on [specific] criteria are made’ ” thus there was no protected liberty interest.
  • plea of no contest does not preclude a defendant from claiming the statute under which he pleaded is unconstitutional
  • parole board’s refusal to allow inmate to examine his file does not constitute a constitutional violation
  • previous Georgia parole system did not create liberty interest

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

This record has no opinion text. It is a disposition such as a denial of certiorari, kept so the case can be found by name and citation.

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