Legal Opinion
In Re Harper
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 23, 1979No. Crim. 19358PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RACANELLI, P. J.
In this original habeas corpus proceeding, we examine the narrow issue whether a legislative amendment extending the maximum period of parole may be retroactively applied so as to automatically extend the parole period of those inmates previously released on parole.
Petitioner had been imprisoned under an indeterminate sentence of five years to life upon his conviction of first degree robbery in 1974 (see former Pen. Code, § 213). Pursuant to the comprehensive provisions of the determinate sentencing law (Stats. 1976, ch. 1139; Stats. 1977, ch. 165, operative July 1,…
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