Legal Opinion
In re Pugh
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 22, 2012No. C066229PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BLEASE, Acting P. J.
Charged with first degree murder, William Jon Pugh was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 15 years to life plus two years. At the time of the murder in April 1986, Pugh was 18 years old. He spent the next 24 years in prison before being released at age 42 pending this appeal.1
The Board of Parole Hearings (the Board) granted parole in October 2009. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reversed the Board’s decision the next month. Pugh filed a writ of habeas corpus in the trial court, which was granted. The warden of the Deuel Vocational Institution where…
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- In re LawrenceCalifornia Supreme Court · 2008
- In re ShaputisCalifornia Supreme Court · 2008
- In Re PratherCalifornia Supreme Court · 2010
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re SanchezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2012
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