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parolee has a colorable claim in Pennsylvania

8 Pennsylvania opinions name it 1 courts 2015–2021 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Pennsylvania courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (2)

CaseFollowedCited
Hughes v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parolegreen
pacommwct · 2009 · cited in 8 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 2015–2021
2 sentences

2017A constitutional right to counsel arises in appeals from determinations revoking parole and exists where a parolee has a colorable claim “(i) that he has not committed the alleged violation of the conditions upon which he is at liberty; or (ii) that, even if the violation is a matter of public record or is uncontested, there are substantial reasons which justified or mitigated the violation and make revocation inappropriate, and that the reasons are complex or otherwise difficult to develop or present.” Hughes v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, 977 A.2d 19, 26 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2009) (e

2016A constitutional right to counsel arises in appeals from determinations revoking parole and exists where a parolee has a colorable claim “(i) that he has not committed the alleged violation of the conditions upon which he is at liberty; or (ii) that, even if the violation is a matter of public record or is uncontested, there are substantial reasons which justified or mitigated the violation and make revocation inappropriate, and that the reasons are complex or otherwise difficult to develop or present.” Hughes v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, 977 A.2d 19, 26 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2009) (e

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Gagnon v. Scarpellired
scotus · 1973 · cited in 4 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 2019–2021
2 sentences

2021Hughes v. Pa. Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 977 A.2d 19, 24, 26 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2009) (quoting Gagnon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778, 790 (1973)).

2019Hughes v. Pa. Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 977 A.2d 19, 26 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2009) (quoting Gagnon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778, 790 (1973)).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Statutes the citing opinions construe

PA § 61 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 6138 (4)

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