In Re Tokhmanian

Opinion

CROSKEY, Acting P. J.

A prisoner serving an indeterminate life term for murder was granted parole by a parole consideration panel (the panel). Concluding that a procedural error took place at the hearing before the panel, the Board of Parole Hearings (the board) disapproved the panel’s decision, and directed that a new parole hearing be scheduled. The prisoner sought relief from the board’s decision by means of a petition for habeas corpus. Concluding that the board’s decision was in error, the trial court vacated the board’s decision granting rehearing and reinstated the panel’s…