West v. Mahoney

22 P.3d 201 (2001)

2001 MT 82

Rodney Allen WEST, Petitioner,

v.

Mike MAHONEY, Warden; Montana State Prison, Respondents.

No. 01-130.

Supreme Court of Montana.

May 3, 2001.

OPINION AND ORDER

¶ 1 The Petitioner, Rodney Allen West, has petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to §§ 46-22-101 through 307, MCA.

¶ 2 In support of his petition, West alleges that he was found guilty in 1988 of theft and sentenced in 1989 to ten (10) years for theft with an additional thirty (30) year sentence because of the determination that he was a persistent offender. He was also designated a dangerous…