MORTON v. HAMMOND

No. 4882.

604 P.2d 1 (1979)

Bradford MORTON, Appellant, v. Governor Jay HAMMOND, o/b/o State of Alaska, and Sam Trivette, Executive Director of Alaska Board of Parole, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Sivley, Jr., Merdes, Schaible, Staley & Delisio, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Robert Coats, Asst. Atty. Gen., Fairbanks, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellees.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, BOOCHEVER and MATTHEWS, JJ.


OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Justice.

This appeal presents us with a question of first impression: whether the mandatory release of an incarcerated prisoner under AS 33.20.030-.0401 may be administratively revoked by the Alaska Board of Parole.

Bradford Morton was convicted in April, 1974, of burglary in a dwelling, and was sentenced to six years imprisonment. In November, 1976, Morton was...

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