In Re Stanworth

Opinion

RICHARDSON, J.

— May a defendant who has been sentenced to a “life” imprisonment under the Indeterminate Sentence Law (ISL) (former Pen. Code, § 1168, repealed eff. Jan. 1, 1977) be entitled to parole release consideration under both ISL and the administrative guidelines which were in effect at the time he was sentenced and also under the Uniform Determinate Sentencing Act of 1976 (DSL) (Pen. Code, § 1170 et seq.) and its implementing regulations? Concluding that ex post facto principles require that his right to parole be considered under both laws, we will affirm the trial court’s…