In re Stone

Opinion

KRIEGLER, J.

California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Corrections) appeals from the superior court’s order granting Paris P. Stone’s petition for writ of habeas corpus and ordering him released forthwith from the custody of Corrections, based on a finding that the Board of Parole Hearings (Board) failed to give Stone written notice of the Board’s decision to retain him on parole, thereby rendering the retention illegal and depriving the Board of jurisdiction to later revoke Stone’s parole. At the time of the superior court’s ruling, Stone had been returned to custody…