Legal Opinion
In Re Carter
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 4, 1988No. A037819PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LOW, P. J.
In this matter, we are asked to decide if an inmate is entitled to receive one-for-one worktime credits (Pen. Code, § 2933) when he has been assigned a credit qualifying job but through no fault of his own has not been able to start work. We conclude that he is entitled to those credits he could have earned but was prevented from doing so by administrative delay.
Richard Carter was serving a sentence of two years and eight months at San Quentin prison for grand theft auto (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. 3) and grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. 1). He was made eligible for the…
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