Opinion No. (2011)

Dear Senator Brecheen:

This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask, in effect, the following question:

Article VI, Section 10 of the Oklahoma Constitution vests the Governor with the exclusive power to grant or deny parole. Are the provisions of H.B. 2131, 1 which deem parole for certain categories of offenses automatically approved if the Governor does not act on the parole recommendation within thirty days, constitutional in light of Okla. Const. art. VI, § 10?

INTRODUCTION

Oklahoma's parole system is established at Article VI, Section 10 of…