Barrows v. State

MEMO OPINION

Petitioner, an inmate of the Montana State Prison, seeks an appropriate writ to allow him credit for such time as he has served under his original suspended sentence, and that his sentence be determined as running from the date of imposition, not from the time of revocation of the suspended sentence. Counsel was heard in oral argument ex parte and the matter taken under advisement.

It appears that petitioner, on November 28, 1967, came into the district court, was charged by information with the crime of assault in the second degree, entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to a…