Legal Opinion
In re Fratus
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 12, 2012No. F058189PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FRANSON, J.
INTRODUCTION
Petitioner John Fratus was found guilty following a disciplinary hearing for battery of a correctional officer in 2006. He filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this court in 2008, alleging he did not have a fair hearing because he had not been allowed to call a friendly witness and had not been permitted to cross-examine the prison officers who testified against him at the disciplinary hearing. This court issued an order directing the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the Department) to “show cause before the Kings County Superior Court. . .…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Clyde Piggie v. Zettie CottonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- In Re AriasCalifornia Supreme Court · 1986
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