ZUTHER v. STATE

No. CV-99-0425-PR.

14 P.3d 295 (2000)

199 Ariz. 104

Reinhold F. ZUTHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE of Arizona, Arizona Department of Corrections, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

December 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reinhold F. Zuther, In Propria Persona, Yuma and Fennemore Craig, by James D. Burgess, Phoenix.

Janet Napolitano, Attorney General, by Randall M. Howe, Assistant Attorney General, Liability Management Section, Phoenix, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellee.


OPINION

JONES, Vice Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 Reinhold F. Zuther was convicted of a felony in 1992 and sentenced to prison. At the time of the conviction, A.R.S. § 31-228 required the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) to provide the sum of $50 in "gate money" to each prisoner upon release from prison unless the inmate had more than $250 otherwise available.

¶ 2 On April 22, 1993, the legislature enacted A...

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