Blake v. Rupe

I concur. Inasmuch as many of those discharged from the penitentiary received certificates of discharge containing the same or similar language to that contained in Rupe’s certificate, I want to set forth my belief as to the effect of them and the effect of § 7-13-107, W.S.1977,1 pursuant to which the certificates were worded. Insofar as such section provided that the governor shall issue a certificate for discharge to convicts which shall restore “his rights the same as though a full pardon had been granted,” it was unconstitutional; and any recitation pursuant thereto contained in the form…