Court Opinion

ID: 3791809
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 07:38:43.049343+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:21:51.626927
License: Public Domain

OPINION — AG — ** PARDON AND PAROLE BOARD — COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCE ** QUESTION: CAN THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO COMMUTE A DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT FIRST PROCURING A " FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE EFFECT " BY A MAJORITY VOTE " OF THE " PARDON AND PAROLE BOARD " OF THIS STATE ? — NEGATIVE (PARDON, POWER, JURISDICTION AND AUTHORITY) CITE: ARTICLE VI, SECTION 10 (FRED HANSEN)