Legal Opinion
In re Jenson
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided June 6, 2018No. B286056PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DHANIDINA, J.*
*271In 1979, when Ronald Jenson was 19 years old, he committed first degree felony murder, for which he was convicted and sentenced to 25 years to life, plus two years. During his first nine years of incarceration, Jenson committed three additional in-prison crimes, for which he was convicted and sentenced. But, for the last almost 30 years, he has remained crime-free.
In 2016, the Board of Parole Hearings (the Board) found Jenson suitable for release on parole at a youth offender parole hearing conducted under Penal Code 1 section 3051. However, the California Department of…
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