State v. Thomas

OPINION

FROEB, Judge.

The issue presented in this case is whether certain time computations made by the Department of Corrections in regard to petitioner’s sentence constituted ex post facto applications of law in violation of the United States Constitution, Article 1, § 10, Clause 1, and the Arizona Constitution, Article 2, § 25. We find no such violation and deny the relief requested by petitioner.

Thomas was convicted in 1959 in Pinal County, Arizona, of grand theft, assault with intent to commit murder, and escape, and received three consecutive terms of imprisonment. He was eventually…