Opinion ID: 1972296
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Time of Revocation

Text: It is clear under section 908.10 that the notice and commitment order for the parole revocation can only take place after sentencing for the new offense, the triggering event for revocation of parole. Id. It is also clear that a parole judge orders the commitment for the parole violation based entirely on the statutory mandate for revocation. See id. (stating the person's parole shall be deemed revoked if the person is convicted of a felony while on parole (emphasis added)). The role of the sentencing court in the parole-revocation process is simply to determine if the new sentence should be served concurrently with the reinstated sentence. Id. Yet, this procedure does not mean the revocation is delayed until the commitment order is issued. The statute makes it clear that the conviction and sentence of incarceration for the new offense results in the revocation of parole, and the subsequent order of commitment serves to document the disposition of the violation within the parole board system and serves as the action upon which the parolee may appeal to the parole board. In any event, the statute clearly provides that revocation is triggered [w]hen [the] person is convicted and sentenced to incarceration on the new offense. Revocation occurs by operation of law. In this case, the discharge date of the parole was October 16, 1999. The revocation was triggered on September 27, 1999. This was the date the sentence of incarceration for the new offense was imposed, and the date of revocation was then deemed under the statute to be July 4, 1998, the date the new offense was committed. Accordingly, the parole was not discharged prior to revocation.