Hall v. Utah Board of Pardons

OPINION

GARFF, Judge:

Appellant, Ronald L. Hall, appeals an order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that application of new parole guidelines in determining his.release date by the Utah Board of Pardons violated the ex post facto prohibition found in art. I, § 9, cl. 3 and § 10, cl. 1, of the United States Constitution. We affirm.

FACTS

On March 3, 1982, Ronald L. Hall was convicted of aggravated burglary, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, and aggravated sexual assault. Hall was sentenced to concurrent indeterminate terms of five years to life for each…