Cawley v. Arizona Bd. of Pardons and Paroles

OPINION

GREER, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the Board of Pardons and Paroles exceeded its authority in ruling that, where an offender is paroled from a first sentence in order to begin serving a subsequent consecutive sentence, the parole period be held in abeyance until the release from the subsequent sentence. The trial court found that the Board had actbd within its authority, and granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss. We reverse.

The appellants are serving the second or last term of consecutive sentences. In addition, each was originally paroled from the first or interim…