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California Supreme Court Rules Proposition 57 Early Parole Review May be Denied for Any Violent Felony Conviction, Even If Not “Primary Offense”
Loaded on July 14, 2022
by Douglas Ankney
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2022, page 28
Filed under:
Eligibility for Parole.
Location:
California.
by Douglas Ankney
On January 3, 2022, the Supreme Court of California held that the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) did not abuse its authority when it promulgated regulations excluding from nonviolent-offender parole review any prisoner currently serving a sentence for a violent felony, even one not designated …
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- Newman v. Beard, No. 08-2652 (3rd Cir.) (617 F.3d 775) (August 16, 2010) (Judge Dolores K. Sloviter), Sept. 20, 2010. Punch And Jurists, Eligibility for Parole.

