Court Opinion

ID: 9715459
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 06:06:12.682679+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:34.504877
License: Public Domain

FOSHEIM, Chief Justice
(dissenting).
Parole is a function of the Executive Department. See In Re Adams, 360 N.W.2d 513 (S.D.1985) (Henderson, Justice, and Fosheim, Chief Justice, dissenting “Rationale II”); State v. Holter, 340 N.W.2d 691 (S.D.1983) (Henderson, J. dissenting). The trial judge therefore acted outside of his statutory authority and invaded the province of the Board when he undertook to revoke defendant’s parole and suspended sentence. This violates the separation of powers doctrine. See Adams, supra; Hotter, supra.