LOPER v. SHILLINGER

No. 88-59.

772 P.2d 552 (1989)

Donald R. LOPER, Petitioner, v. Duane SHILLINGER, Warden of the Wyoming State Penitentiary and Joseph B. Meyer, Attorney General of the State of Wyoming, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

April 25, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. Munker, State Public Defender, for petitioner.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., John W. Renneisen, Deputy Atty. Gen., Karen A. Byrne, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Paul S. Rehurek, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued) for respondents.

Before CARDINE, C.J., and THOMAS, URBIGKIT, MACY and GOLDEN, JJ.


CARDINE, Chief Justice.

This matter is before us on a writ of certiorari. The issue presented is whether a sentence, legally imposed on a defendant for crimes committed while on parole, is presumed to run concurrently with the remainder of the original sentence reinstated by parole revocation. We answer this question in the negative.

Petitioner Donald Loper was on parole from the Wyoming State Penitentiary when he...

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