Legal Opinion
In Re Bennett
California Supreme Court
Decided May 14, 1969No. Crim. 12972PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTraynor, C. J.
Petitioner, an inmate of Folsom State Prison, seeks a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the Adult Authority unlawfully revoked his parole and denied him credit on his prison term for the time he spent in Atas-cadero State Hospital under commitment orders of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
On December 29, 1958, petitioner was sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison for the term prescribed by law for a violation of Penal Code section 487.2 (grand theft from the person of another). On January 8, 1959, he began serving his sentence, which had a 10-year maximum. (Pen. Code, §§ 489 and…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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