MERRICK v. LEWIS

No. CV-97-0418-PR.

964 P.2d 473 (1998)

192 Ariz. 272

Anthony James MERRICK, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Samuel LEWIS, Charles Ryan, George Herman, D. Ekstrand, M. McComas, T. Humphreys, CSO Royal, CSO Lewis, CSO Tucker, CSO Braun, Major Good, Sgt. Ortiz, H.L. Whitley, Sgt. K. Turner, CPO Reed, CPO Cooper, CPO L. Pritchard, CPO Henderson, Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

July 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony James Merrick, Florence, In propria persona.

Grant Woods, Attorney General by Bruce L. Skolnik, Richard E. Gordon, Assistant Attorneys General, Phoenix, for Defendants/Appellees.


OPINION

McGREGOR, Justice.

¶ 1 This case raises the question whether Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) § 41-1604.10, which governs earned release credits, applies to inmates who, like appellant, committed crimes before the effective date of amendments to the statute. We hold that the statute applies and remand to the court of appeals to consider appellant's challenges to it.

I.

¶ 2 Appellant filed a complaint against several...

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