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· 4/26/2001

Hopkins v. Tennessee Board of Paroles & Probation

Citations

  • 60 S.W.3d 79
  • 2001 Tenn. App. LEXIS 286

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that a denial of parole based on the seriousness of an inmate’s aggravated rape offense and the effect that granting parole might have on institutional discipline was not arbitrary or illegal
  • noting the inmate’s disciplinary infractions and positive drug screen during his incarceration and that the Board’s decision was also based on the adverse effect on institutional discipline

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Judges: Koch, Cain, Cottrell

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