Legal Opinion
In re Lira
California Supreme Court
Decided February 3, 2014No. S204582PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WERDEGAR, J.
A life inmate is found suitable for parole and given a parole date by the Board of Parole Hearings (the Board). The Governor reverses the grant of parole, the inmate challenges the reversal by petition for writ of habeas corpus, and while the petition is pending the Board again finds the inmate suitable and sets another parole date. The Governor does not review the second decision, and the inmate is released from prison, subject to a maximum five-year parole term under the applicable statute. If the court subsequently grants relief on the inmate’s habeas corpus petition and…
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