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ÐÑp‘Ñâ âÑ8€U©XXdì»»d8ÑÑ  Ñâ âÑ  ÑÔ_Ôà@ÛÛ%ìàò òòòBackgroundó óóóˆÐ ° ÐÌà  àIn€1969,€James€A.€LeMay€was€convicted€of€first€degree€murder€in€the€Circuit€Court€for€LewisÐ ˆØ ÐCounty€and€received€a€ninety„nine„year€prison€sentence.€€On€January15,€1979,€Governor€RayÐ tÄ ÐBlanton€signed€a€commutation€reducing€the€sentence€to€thirty€years.€€However,€on€January€22,€1979,Ð `° Ðthe€commutation€was€physically€withdrawn€from€LeMayððs€Department€of€Correction€file€andÐ L œ Ðreturned€to€the€office€of€newly„inaugurated€Governor€Lamar€Alexander.€€On€February€21,€1979,Ð 8 ˆ ÐGovernor€Alexander€issued€a€similar€commutation€for€LeMay.€€Both€Governor€Blantonððs€andÐ $ t ÐGovernor€Alexanderððs€commutation€contained€the€following€language:Ð  ` ÐÌÝ‚‚åÿÝÔ€XU©XXXU©ÔÔÔÔcÿÿÔÔb  ÔÓÓÔ€XU©XXXU©ÔÝ  ÝÝ‚‚åÃÝÝ  Ýà8  àà8` Ð Ð àà8¸ ` x` xàThis€commutation€is€granted€conditioned€that€theÐ è 8  Ðaforesaid€prisoner€obey€all€the€rules€and€regulations€ofÐ Ô$  Ðthe€authority€having€custody€of€him,€lead€the€life€of€aÐ À  Ðgood€citizen,€obey€all€the€laws€of€the€Nation,€States,Ð ¬ü  Ðand€Municipalities€and€shall€not€be€guilty€of€otherÐ ˜è  Ðconduct,€in€the€opinion€of€the€Governor,€improper€andÐ „Ô  Ðillegal.€€In€the€event€any€of€the€foregoing€conditionsÐ pÀ Ðare€violated,€the€Governor,€at€his€option€(or€on€theÐ \¬ Ðrecommendation€of€the€State€Board€of€Pardons,Ð H˜ ÐParoles€and€Probation)€may€issue€a€warrant€for€theÐ 4„ Ðarrest€and€return€of€said€prisoner€to€the€Warden€of€theÐ  p ÐState€Penitentiary€to€undergo€[the]€remainder€of€saidÐ  \ Ðoriginal€or€commuted€sentence,€as€determined€by€theÐ øH ÐGovernor.€€The€Governor€shall€be€sole€judge€as€toÐ ä4 Ðwhether€or€not€any€of€the€aforesaid€conditions€haveÐ Ð  Ðbeen€violated,€and€there€shall€be€no€review€of€hisÐ ¼  Ðaction€thereon€by€any€Court€whatsoever.݃‚åÃ\݌Шø¸ ¸  ЌԀXU©XXXU©ÔÔÔÔcÿÿÔÔb  ÔÓÓÔ€XU©XXXU©ÔÝ  ÝÌà  àWhile€on€work€release€and€employed€by€the€state€comptrollerððs€office,€LeMay€participatedÐ €Ð Ðin€a€scheme€whereby€$20,000€was€transferred€from€the€state€treasury€to€a€local€bank€account€for€hisÐ l¼ Ðpersonal€use.€€In€May€1979,€LeMay€escaped€from€custody€while€on€work€release.Ð X ¨ ÐÌà  àLeMay€was€returned€to€custody€on€December€5,€1979€and,€after€pleading€guilty,€wasÐ 0"€  Ðsentenced€to€five€concurrent€three„year€sentences€for€obtaining€property€under€false€pretenses€andÐ #l! Ðto€a€one„year€sentence€for€escape.€€All€of€the€convictions€were€ordered€to€run€consecutive€to€theÐ $X" Ðsentence€for€the€murder€conviction.€€On€November€24,€1980,€Governor€Alexander€revoked€LeMayððsÐ ô$D # ÐFebruary21,€1979€commutation.Ð à%0!$ ÐÌà  àIn€May€1996,€LeMay€petitioned€the€Department€of€Correction€for€a€declaratory€order€that€heÐ ¸'#& Ðwas€entitled€to€immediate€release.€€He€asserted€that€Governor€Blantonððs€commutation€was€neverÐ ¤(ô#' Ðrevoked€and€that€the€thirty„year€commuted€sentence€had€expired.€€The€Department€refused€to€issueÐ )à$( Ða€declaratory€order.Ð |*Ì%) ÐÐ h+¸&* Ðà  àOn€October€2,€1996,€LeMay€filed€a€petition€for€declaratory€judgment€in€the€Chancery€CourtÐ ° Ðfor€Davidson€County.€€In€an€interlocutory€order,€the€trial€court€held€that€Governor€AlexanderððsÐ œì Ðrevocation€in€November€1980€served€only€to€revoke€his€own€commutation€and€not€the€commutationÐ ˆØ Ðissued€by€Governor€Blanton.€€The€commuted€sentence€of€thirty€years€issued€by€Governor€BlantonÐ tÄ Ðwas€still€in€effect.€€Apparently€this€order€prompted€Governor€Don€Sundquist€to€issue€his€own€orderÐ `° Ðrevoking€the€Blanton€commutation€on€December€15,€1997.€€€Ð L œ ÐÌà  àThe€record€reflects€that€after€applying€all€applicable€sentencing€credits,€the€commuted€thirty„Ð $ t Ðyear€sentence€and€the€three„year€sentence€for€the€additional€crimes€would€have€expired€onÐ  ` ÐJanuary16,€1986.€The€original€sentence€of€ninety„nine€years€would€not€expire€until€May€22,€2014.Ð ü L  ÐÌà  àThe€chancery€court€entered€a€declaratory€judgment€finding€that€the€attempted€revocation€byÐ Ô$  ÐGovernor€Sundquist€occurring€after€the€expiration€of€the€commuted€sentence€was€void.€€The€CourtÐ À  Ðof€Appeals€reversed€the€judgment,€holding€that€a€conditional€commutation€of€a€prison€sentence€mayÐ ¬ü  Ðbe€revoked€at€any€time€during€the€original€sentence.€€We€granted€LeMayððs€application€for€permissionÐ ˜è  Ðto€appeal€to€resolve€the€issue€of€when€a€conditional€commutation€may€be€revoked.€€Ð „Ô  Ðà@ìì*ìàˆÌà@‚‚&ìàòòò òAnalysisó óóóˆÐ \¬ ÐÌà  àIn€order€to€resolve€the€ultimate€question€of€when€a€conditional€commutation€may€be€revoked,Ð 4„ Ðwe€first€examine€the€Governorððs€authority€to€commute€sentences.€€Ð  p ÐÌà  àArticle€III,€Section€6€of€the€Tennessee€Constitution€provides€that€the€Governor€ð ðshall€haveÐ øH Ðthe€power€to€grant€reprieves€and€pardons,€after€conviction,€except€in€cases€of€impeachment.ðð€€òòSeeóóÐ ä4 Ðòòalsoóó€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40„27„101€(1997).€€The€constitutional€power€to€grant€reprieves€and€pardonsÐ Ð  Ðincludes€the€right€to€commute€a€sentence,€i.e.,€impose€a€lessor€or€shorter€sentence€from€the€sentenceÐ ¼  Ðimposed€following€the€prisonerððs€conviction.€€òòCarroll€v.€Raneyóó,€953€S.W.2d€657,€659€(Tenn.€1997);€Ð ¨ø ÐòòBowen€v.€Stateóó,€488€S.W.2d€373,€375„76€(Tenn.€1972).€€In€effect,€€the€commuted€sentence€replacesÐ ”ä Ðthe€sentence€imposed€by€the€original€judgment.€€òòCarrollóó,€953€S.W.2d€at€659;€òòBowenóó,€488€S.W.2dÐ €Ð Ðat€375„76.Ð l¼ ÐÌà  àThe€Governorððs€authority€to€commute€a€sentence€is€limited€only€by€the€language€of€theÐ D!” ÐConstitution€and€neither€the€legislature€nor€the€courts€may€regulate€or€control€the€Governorððs€powerÐ 0"€  Ðto€commute€a€sentence.€€òòCarrollóó,€953€S.W.2d€at€659„60€(citing€òòState€ex€rel.€Bedford€v.€McCorkleóó,Ð #l! Ð163€Tenn.€101,€40€S.W.2d€1015,€1016€(1931));€òòState€ex€rel.€Rowe€v.€Connorsóó,€166€Tenn.€393,€61Ð $X" ÐS.W.2d€471,€472€(1933);€òòRicks€v.€Stateóó,€882€S.W.2d€387,€391€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1994).€€Moreover,Ð ô$D # Ðthe€Governor€has€the€authority€to€attach€conditions€or€restrictions€to€a€commuted€sentence€that€areÐ à%0!$ Ðreasonable,€legal,€and€possible€for€the€prisoner€to€perform.€€òòCarrollóó,€953€S.W.2d€at€660.€€TheÐ Ì&"% ÐGovernor€has€the€concomitant€power€to€revoke€a€commuted€sentence€upon€a€finding€that€a€conditionÐ ¸'#& Ðhas€been€violated.€€òòId.Ð ¤(ô#' ÐÌà  àóóIn€this€case,€LeMayððs€thirty„year€commuted€sentence€and€the€consecutive€three„year€sentenceÐ |*Ì%) Ðexpired€on€January€16,€1986.€€Governor€Sundquistððs€revocation€of€commutation€was€issued€after€thatÐ h+¸&* Ðdate,€but€before€the€expiration€of€the€term€of€the€original€ninety„nine„year€sentence.€€Accordingly,Ð ° Ðthe€issue€presented€in€this€case€is€whether€the€Governor€has€the€authority€to€revoke€a€commutationÐ œì Ðwithin€the€term€of€the€original€sentence,€but€after€the€expiration€of€the€commuted€sentence.€Ð ˆØ ÐÌòòò òóóó óà  àTo€determine€this€issue,€we€look€next€to€existing€case€law€in€Tennessee.€€In€òòWhite€v.€Stateóó,Ð `° Ð717€S.W.2d€309€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1986),€our€intermediate€court€addressed€a€factual€situation€veryÐ L œ Ðsimilar€to€this€caseòòóó.€€In€that€case,€Whiteððs€original€ninety„nine„year€sentence€was€commuted€by€theÐ 8 ˆ ÐGovernor€to€ð ðtime€served.ðð€€òòId.óó€€The€commutation€language€contained€conditions€similar€to€LeMayððs.€Ð $ t ÐòòId.óó€at€310.€€White€was€later€convicted€of€another€crime,€and€the€Governor€revoked€the€commutationÐ  ` Ðbefore€the€end€of€the€original€ninety„nine„year€sentence.€€òòId.óó€at€309.€€White€argued€that€the€revocationÐ ü L  Ðwas€invalid€because€the€Governor€could€not€revoke€the€commutation€after€expiration€of€theÐ è 8  Ðcommuted€sentence,€reasoning€that€the€commuted€sentence€was€substituted€for€the€original€sentenceÐ Ô$  Ðand€was€the€sentence€that€was€actually€in€existence.€€òòId.óó€at€310.€€The€Court€of€Criminal€AppealsÐ À  Ðrejected€this€argument,€holding€that€the€Governorððs€power€to€revoke€does€not€end€until€expirationÐ ¬ü  Ðof€the€original€sentence.€€òòId.óóÐ ˜è  ÐÌà  àòòóóThus,€when€presented€with€the€precise€factual€situation€involved€in€this€case,€the€Court€ofÐ pÀ ÐCriminal€Appeals€has€held€that€the€Governorððs€power€to€commute€extends€through€the€term€of€theÐ \¬ Ðoriginal€sentence.€€òòSeeóó€òòWhite€v.€Stateóó,€717€S.W.2d€at€310.€€The€Court€of€Criminal€Appeals€has€neverÐ H˜ Ðheld€that€the€Governorððs€power€to€commute€expires€at€the€end€of€the€term€of€the€commuted€sentence.€Ð 4„ ÐòòCfóó.€òòRowell€v.€Duttonóó,€688€S.W.2d€474€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1985)€(no€authority€to€revoke€commutedÐ  p Ðsentence€after€the€expiration€of€the€original€sentence).€€Ð  \ ÐÌà  àDespite€this€intermediate€court€decision,€LeMay€argues€first€that€because€the€commutedÐ ä4 Ðsentence€is€substituted€for€the€original€sentence,€it€is€the€only€one€in€existence€and€the€only€one€toÐ Ð  Ðbe€considered.€€LeMay€also€contends€that€the€Governor€could€extend€the€application€of€a€conditionÐ ¼  Ðbeyond€the€term€of€the€commuted€sentence,€so€long€as€the€commutation€clearly€indicated€that€intent.€Ð ¨ø ÐHe€asserts€that€the€commutation€in€this€case€does€not€contain€such€language,€and€the€conditions€couldÐ ”ä Ðnot€be€enforced€against€him.€€òòóóÐ €Ð ÐÌà  àSimilarly,€LeMay€also€relies€upon€a€sentence€from€our€decision€in€òòCarroll€v.€Raneyóó,€in€whichÐ X ¨ Ðthe€prisoner€had€received€a€commutation€commuting€his€sentence€from€life€to€ð ð22€years€to€life.ðð€€953Ð D!” ÐS.W.2d€at€659.€€We€specifically€found€that€the€commutation€at€issue€did€not€contain€an€expressÐ 0"€  Ðcondition,€yet€òòóóheld€that€the€Governor€had€the€authority€to€revoke€the€commutation€during€theÐ #l! Ðprisonerððs€life€because€the€original€sentence€had€not€expired,€since€its€maximum€term€was€life.€€òòId.óóÐ $X" Ðat€660„61.€€We€remarked€that€ð ð[u]pon€a€finding€that€a€condition€has€been€violated,€the€commutedÐ ô$D # Ðsentence€may€be€revoked€by€the€Governor,€provided€that€the€sentence€has€not€expired.ðð€òòId.óó€at€660Ð à%0!$ Ð(citing€òòRowell€v.€Duttonóó,€688€S.W.2d€at€477).Ð Ì&"% ÐÌà  àWe€conclude€that€LeMayððs€arguments€and€his€reliance€on€our€decision€in€òòCarrollóó€areÐ ¤(ô#' Ðmisplaced.€òòóóTo€the€extent€that€the€language€in€òòCarrollóó€is€ambiguous,€our€citation€to€òòRowellóó,€where€the€Ð )à$( Ðoriginal€sentence€had€expired,€supports€our€conclusion€that€the€Governor€retains€the€authority€toÐ |*Ì%) Ðrevoke€a€commutation€during€the€term€of€the€original€sentence.€€òòRowellóó,€688€S.W.2d€at€477.Ð h+¸&* Їà  àIn€addition,€we€conclude€that€the€commutation€contains€language€specifically€authorizing€theÐ ° ÐGovernor€to€reinstate€the€original€sentence€if€LeMay€violated€the€conditions€of€the€commutation.€Ð œì ÐThe€commutation€states€that€if€ð ðany€of€the€foregoing€conditions€are€violated,€the€Governor€.€.€.€mayÐ ˆØ Ðissue€a€warrant€for€the€arrest€and€return€of€[LeMay]€to€the€Warden€of€the€State€Penitentiary€toÐ tÄ Ðundergo€[the]€remainder€of€said€original€or€commuted€sentence€as€determined€by€the€Governor.ðð€€Ð `° ÐWhen€this€language€is€construed€in€accordance€with€the€constitutional€authority€provided€solely€toÐ L œ Ðthe€Governor€to€grant€reprieves€and€pardons,€it€follows€that€the€Governor€possesses€the€authority€toÐ 8 ˆ Ðrevoke€the€commutation€after€the€expiration€of€the€commuted€sentence,€but€before€expiration€of€theÐ $ t Ðoriginal€sentence.Ð  ` ÐÌ€à  àFinally,€we€hold€that€the€Governorððs€authority€to€revoke€a€conditional€commutation€remainsÐ è 8  Ðin€effect€during€the€term€of€the€original€sentence.€€If€the€Governor€had€no€authority€to€revoke€aÐ Ô$  Ðconditional€commutation€after€expiration€of€the€commuted€sentence,€then€in€many€instances€theÐ À  Ðconditions€imposed€would€be€meaningless.€€For€instance,€when€the€Governor€grants€a€conditionalÐ ¬ü  Ðcommutation€to€ð ðtime€servedðð€no€portion€of€the€commuted€sentence€remains€for€the€prisoner€toÐ ˜è  Ðserve.€€Therefore,€unless€the€Governor€retains€the€power€to€revoke€during€the€term€of€the€originalÐ „Ô  Ðsentence,€the€conditions€are€in€effect€meaningless.Ð pÀ ÐÌà@  %ìàòòò òConclusionóóó óˆÐ H˜ ÐÌà  àWe€conclude€that€LeMay€breached€the€conditions€of€his€commutation€when€he€committedÐ  p Ðthe€felonies€of€obtaining€property€under€false€pretenses€and€escape.€€The€conditional€commutationÐ  \ Ðwas€subject€to€revocation€up€to€the€expiration€of€the€original€ninety„nine„year€sentence.€€SinceÐ øH ÐLeMayððs€ninety„nine„year€sentence€had€not€expired€at€the€time€of€Governor€Sundquistððs€revocationÐ ä4 Ðon€December€15,€1997,€the€revocation€was€valid.€€The€judgment€of€the€Court€of€€Appeals€is€affirmed.€Ð Ð  ÐCosts€are€assessed€against€the€appellant,€James€A.€LeMay.Ð ¼  ÐÌÌà  àà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  à_____________________________________Ð €Ð ÐÓ  Óà  àà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àE.€RILEY€ANDERSON,€CHIEF€JUSTICE€Ð l¼ Ð