Court Opinion

ID: 9861121
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 23:42:53.630708+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:27:14.756103
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion
Hunter, J.
I dissent from that part of the majority opinion which allows the trial court to instruct the jury as to the possibility of parole. All powers affecting the length of time served on an imposed sentence are vested in the execu*687tive branch of government. As such, the jury should not be informed of the law on the subjects of pardon, parole or good time. Annot., 35 A.L.R.2d 769 (1954). Upon an inquiry, the judge should inform the jury that powers of pardon and parole embrace matters exclusively relegated to the executive department and that powers of mitigation are not proper matters for their consideration. To do more is to invite speculation and involves the judiciary in subjects outside its proper realm.
Note. — Reported at 359 N.E.2d 517.