Legal Opinion
Stewart v. Arizona Board of Pardons & Paroles
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided April 14, 1988No. 1 CA-CIV 9650PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRANT, Judge.
The appellee, Robert B. Stewart (Stewart), who is incarcerated at Arizona State Prison-Florence, filed a special action in the Maricopa County Superior Court requesting a court-ordered release from prison. The appellant, the Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles (Board), appeals from the trial court’s granting of Stewart’s motion for summary judgment.
Stewart was convicted of first degree rape and sentenced on September 23, 1972, under the former criminal code to serve 40 years to life. He has no mandatory release date and no sentence expriration date. He was first eligible…
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