Escalanti v. Department of Corrections

OPINION

JACOBSON, Judge.

This habeas corpus action requires us to determine whether petitioner Eldon Salvador Escalanti is parole eligible because “copper time” and “double time” credits he earned while in prison should apply to his minimum sentence. 1

The facts are not in dispute. On May 27, 1977, Escalanti was sentenced to a prison term of twenty years to life after a plea of guilty to second degree murder under the sentencing provisions of the “old code.” Escalanti was a first time offender. The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) calculated his parole eligibility date to be October 8,…