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MAHAFFEY v. STATE

No. 9412.

392 P.2d 423 (1964)

Paul Andrew MAHAFFEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE of Idaho, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rulon R. Price, Idaho Falls, for appellant.

Allan G. Shepard, Atty. Gen., and Stephen W. Boller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boise, for respondent.

McQUADE, Justice.

Petitioner-appellant, Paul A. Mahaffey, applied for a writ of habeas corpus on July 22, 1963. He alleged that his confinement was illegal because his sentences were void. More specifically, it was urged therein that the convicting judge had unlawfully delegated to an executive board the judicial function of fitting the punishment to the circumstances of the crime. It was also contended that the sentences imposed were so excessive as to constitute...

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