SAUNDERS v. BOARD OF PARDONS

No. CV-91-0350-PR.

174 Ariz. 177 (1993)

847 P.2d 1124

Peter Donald SAUNDERS, Petitioner/Appellant, v. BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES; Robert Goldsmith, Warden, Arizona State Prison Complex, Florence, Arizona; Arter L. Johnson, Chairman, Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles, Respondents/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

March 2, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant Woods, Atty. Gen. by Robert J. Sorce, Karen L. Lugosi, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for respondents/appellees.

Peter Donald Saunders, in pro per.

H. Allen Gerhardt, Jr., Pinal County Public Defender, Florence, for petitioner/appellant.


OPINION

CORCORAN, Justice.

The Board of Pardons and Paroles (Board) petitioned this court to review a court of appeals decision reversing the trial court's denial of Peter Donald Saunders' (Saunders) petition for writ of habeas corpus. The issue presented is whether a prisoner granted parole on an original sentence pursuant to A.R.S. § 31-412(B) for the sole purpose of serving a consecutive sentence must be released from prison after serving the consecutive...

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