Legal Opinion

People v. Skaggs

California Court of Appeal

Decided August 14, 2025No. A170942Published

1Opinion of the Court

Filed 8/14/25 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, A170942 v. CHRISTOPHER SKAGGS, (Mendocino County Super. Ct. No. SCUK-CRPA- Defendant and Appellant. 2020-36932-1) Christopher Skaggs filed a nonstatutory motion to dismiss his parole revocation petition on due process grounds, which the trial court construed as a Penal Code1 section 1385 motion and denied on the basis that such a motion was procedurally improper. The court then revoked Skaggs’s parole, sentenced him to 90 days…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. People v. DeLeonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2017
  3. People v. Wiley, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2019

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