BECKWORTH, ET AL. v. N.J. STATE PAROLE BD.


62 N.J. 348 (1973)

301 A.2d 727

WALTER BECKWORTH, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. NEW JERSEY STATE PAROLE BOARD, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Michael L. Perlin, First Assistant Public Defender and Miss Barbara Swartz argued the cause for the appellants (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Mrs. Virginia Long Annich, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for the respondent (Mr. George F. Kugler, Jr., Attorney General, attorney; Mr. Stephen Skillman, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by JACOBS, J.

In Monks v. New Jersey State Parole Board, 58 N.J. 238 (1971), this Court directed that the Board replace its prior rule by one "designed generally towards affording statements of reasons on parole denials." 58 N.J. at 249. Thereafter the Board gave terse statements of reasons which the inmates quickly challenged before the Appellate Division, largely on grounds of their...

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