THOMAS v. STATE, BOARD OF PAROLE

No. 2-56914.

220 N.W.2d 874 (1974)

Robert Durwood THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, BOARD OF PAROLE and Lou V. Brewer, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 31, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Krohn, Newton, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Thomas D. McGrane, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Bruce Nuzum, Jasper County Atty., for appellees.

Heard before REYNOLDSON, Acting C. J., and MASON, RAWLINGS, REES and UHLENHOPP, JJ.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves the validity of a parole revocation.

A court sentenced petitioner Robert Durwood Thomas to serve not exceeding seven years in the Iowa State Penitentiary. After Thomas served about a year, the Iowa Board of Parole paroled him on specified conditions. About four months later, on September 13, 1972, a parole officer arrested petitioner in Johnson County, Iowa, for violating the parole. The officer gave him written notice...

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