Medlock v. Schmidt

“When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.”

Humpty Dumpty in

Alice in Wonderland,

Lewis Carroll

We agree with the decision of the learned trial judge, but conclude that the pardon document may on its face be construed to provide for a maximum sentence of thirty years.

The appellant in his brief and in oral argument placed great emphasis on the fact that the sentences of three to ten years for assault and robbery, and three to thirty years for assault and armed robbery, were by the document of commutation directed to be served concurrently with the sentence…