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SAUNDERS v. GOLDSMITH

No. 2 CA-HC 90-0006.

169 Ariz. 428 (1991)

819 P.2d 1014

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

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2, Department A.

Review Granted November 19, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Donald Saunders, in pro. per.

Grant Woods, Atty. Gen. by Sarah A. Bailey and Michele Geiger, Tucson, for respondents/appellees.

LACAGNINA, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is taken from the order of the trial court denying Peter Donald Saunders' petition for writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons set forth below, we vacate and remand.

Saunders was convicted of first-degree murder in 1951 and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The sentence was commuted to 25 years to life in 1963. Parole granted in 1964 was revoked in 1968. He escaped from custody on March 14, 1970, and was returned to...

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