Court Opinion

ID: 9536158
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 06:55:47.479218+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:33:28.352530
License: Public Domain

SHEPARD, Justice,
dissenting.
I cannot agree with the result obtained by the majority opinion and hence dissent. As acknowledged by the majority, I.C. § 20-222 was enacted by the legislature at a later time than I.C. § 19-2603. The majority asserts that an adoption of the State’s argument would lead to irreconcilable differences between the two statutes and hence the repeal of I.C. § 19-2603. I must disagree.
In my view, the legislature, in its enactment of I.C. § 20-222, clearly intended to authorize the imposition of “any sentence which originally might have been imposed at the time of the conviction” under circumstances such as exist in the instant case. I would deem such additional grant of authority only to enlarge the previously existent authority contained in I.C. § 19-2603 and not necessarily the creation of an irreconcilable conflict between the two statutes.
In any event, it is clear to me that the legislature intended to grant to a sentencing judge the additional authority to “impose any sentence which originally might have been imposed at the time of conviction.” Even assuming that such language creates a conflict with the authority previously granted in I.C. § 19-2603, I feel the legislative intent is clear and should be observed and followed.