Bagley v. Risley

Henry Risley, as warden of the Montana State Prison, appeals from an order of the District Court of the Third Judicial District, Powell County, granting habeas corpus to prison inmate Wayne L. Bagley. We reverse.

On April 3, 1970, the petitioner, Wayne L. Bagley, was convicted of burglary in Treasure County and sentenced to ten years in the Montana State Prison. He was released on parole in December 1971, but was subsequently returned to the Montana State Prison on November 1976 after being convicted of burglary in Stillwater County and given another ten year sentence.

The Board of Pardons…