STATE v. BEASON

No. 18180.

803 P.2d 1009 (1991)

119 Idaho 103

STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Bobby Lynn BEASON, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Idaho.

January 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan E. Trimming, Ada County Public Defender and Kris Kronberg, Deputy Public Defender, argued, Boise, for defendant-appellant.

Jim Jones, Atty. Gen. and Myrna A.I. Stahman, Deputy Atty. Gen., argued, Boise, for plaintiff-respondent.


SILAK, Judge.

This case involves the commutation of a prison sentence. Bobby Lynn Beason asked the district court to enforce a court order from December, 1978, imposing a one-year sentence for escape. He argued that a subsequent commutation of his escape sentence to run concurrently with his underlying sentence was not legal. The district court concluded that the Commission of Pardons and Parole (the "Commission") had authority to commute Beason's sentence. We affirm...

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