In Re Dunham

Opinion

RICHARDSON, J.

This case is a companion to In re Coughlin, ante, page 52 [127 Cal.Rptr. 337, 545 P.2d 249], wherein we hold that the trial court at a probation revocation hearing properly, may consider evidence indicating that the probationer may have committed another criminal offense during the probation period, despite his acquittal of that offense at trial. In the present case, we adopt a similar rule with respect to parole revocation proceedings conducted before the Adult Authority.

In September 1972, petitioner was placed on parole after serving a portion of a prison term for an…