Legal Opinion
Cooke v. Solis
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 4, 2010No. 06-15444PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
In 1991, Damon Cooke was convicted of attempted first degree murder. He was sentenced to seven years to life in prison with the possibility of parole, plus a four-year enhancement for using a firearm. In November 2002, the California Board of Prison Terms 1 held a hearing to determine whether Cooke was suitable for parole. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Board denied him parole, relying primarily on the circumstances of the commitment offense.
Cooke sought a writ of habeas corpus in state court, asserting that the Board’s decision violated his right to due…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Board of Pardons v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Hayward v. MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
- In Re RosenkrantzCalifornia Supreme Court · 2002
- Bailey v. HillCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
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3Cited by26 opinions
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