Legal Opinion
In Re Fain
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 21, 1983No. A019142PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MILLER, J.
We consider whether public outcry can be used as a basis for rescission of a prison inmate’s parole date.
Background Facts
Respondent William Archie Fain (hereafter Fain) is an inmate at San Quentin Prison. He has served 15 years of a life term. In 1967 he was convicted of first degree murder, three counts of forcible rape, one count of forcible sex perversion, two counts of kidnaping, and one count of attempted kidnaping, stemming from three separate criminal episodes in June of that year. (People v. Fain (1969) 70 Cal.2d 588, 592-595 [75 Cal.Rptr. 633, 451 P.2d 65].) The jury…
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