State v. Butler

McFADDEN, Chief Justice.

On November 23, 1966 the defendant-appellant, William H. Butler, pleaded guilty to a charge of second degree murder and was sentenced by the court to serve a term not to exceed seventy-five (75) years in the Idaho State Penitentiary. In passing sentence, the court stated

“ * * * my primary duty being to protect society and the only thing I can do is to take whatever action is in my power to isolate you from society for as long as I can and strange as it may seem under our law a life sentence, while on its face it is the longest you can be isolated, under the rules and…