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McGUFFIN v. COWAN

505 S.W.2d 773 (1974)

Bobby McGUFFIN, Appellant, v. Henry E. COWAN, Warden, Kentucky State Penitentiary, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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.

PALMORE, Justice.

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...

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