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McGuffin v. Cowan

Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Feb 15, 1974
505 S.W.2d 773 (Ky. Ct. App. 1974)

Opinion

February 15, 1974.

Appeal from the Lyon Circuit Court, Stephen R. White, Jr., J.

Bobby McGuffin, pro se and David Murrell, Deputy Public Defender, Frankfort, for appellant.

Ed W. Hancock, Atty. Gen., Carl Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


It was held in Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471, 92 S.Ct. 2593, 33 L.Ed.2d 484 (1972), and Gagnon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778, 93 S.Ct. 1756, 36 L.Ed.2d 656 (1973), that parole and probation may not be revoked without a hearing. The question in this case is whether the same principle applies to the denial or forfeiture of "good time" credits allowed a prisoner by KRS 197.045. Insofar as we have the authority to say, the answer is no.

The judgment is affirmed.

OSBORNE, C. J., and JONES, MILLIKEN, PALMORE, REED, STEINFELD and STEPHENSON, JJ., sitting.

All concur.


Summaries of

McGuffin v. Cowan

Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Feb 15, 1974
505 S.W.2d 773 (Ky. Ct. App. 1974)
Case details for

McGuffin v. Cowan

Case Details

Full title:Bobby McGUFFIN, Appellant, v. Henry E. COWAN, Warden, Kentucky State…

Court:Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Date published: Feb 15, 1974

Citations

505 S.W.2d 773 (Ky. Ct. App. 1974)

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