Discuss the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case Gagnon v. Scarpelli and its implications to probation

What will be an ideal response?


• Court found that probationers have a liberty interest and are thus entitled to diminished due process rights
• Court found that probations were entitled to:
o A notice of the alleged violations
o A preliminary hearing to decide whether there is sufficient (probable) cause to believe that probation was violated (to remand the probationer to custody)
o A revocation hearing
• Court ruled that the probationer has the right to appear and to present witnesses and evidence on his own behalf as well as a conditional right to confront adverse witnesses

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