Brooks v. State

BURNETT, Judge.

Albert Allen Brooks has applied for post-conviction relief from a judgment of conviction entered upon his plea of guilty to the charge of rape. He contends that his guilty plea was not voluntary and that I.C. § 20-223, which prescribes a minimum period of confinement prior to parole eligibility, represents an unconstitutional bill of attainder. The district court summarily disposed of Brooks’ application under I.C. § 19-4906. This appeal followed. We affirm.

The bill of attainder issue requires no discussion here. A similar constitutional attack upon I.C. § 20-223 recently was…