The PEOPLE, et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v.BOARD OF PAROLE HEARINGS, Defendant and Appellant; Nathan Joshua Ramazzini, Real Party in Interest and Appellant. C093941,Filed September 15, 2022 2022 WL 4244262 (Cal.App. 3 Dist.) Summary: in 1997, Ramazzini was convicted of a first degree murder with a special circumstance he committed…
Articles Posted in Prison Law
Parole cannot be shortened due to excess incarceration
In re Palmer (2021) 10 Cal.5th 959 In re Lira (2014) 58 Cal.4th 573 Issue: Can a parole period be shifted due to excessive incarceration? Facts: Palmer, who had been convicted of aggravated kidnapping committed when he was a juvenile and sentenced to indeterminate life sentence, served 30 years and…
SB 483 retroactively makes enhancements for prior prison terms and some drug enhancements invalid
Senate Bill No. 483, effective January 1, 2022, makes changes to the law that invalidated enhancements for prior prison terms and certain drug enhancements retroactive. The Bill retroactively applies Senate Bill 180 and Senate Bill 136 to all persons currently serving a prison for these repealed sentence enhancements. Senate Bill…
Prison Officials Must Accept Summons by Prisoner in Personal Injury Lawsuit against Another Prisoner
RICHARD J. CRANE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOSEPH CLAY DOLIHITE, Defendant and Respondent. (Cal. Ct. App., Oct. 22, 2021, No. F079877) 2021 WL 4929340, at *1 Summary: Crane, a prisoner representing himself, appealed from the dismissal of his personal injury action against an inmate who stabbed him in the neck…
Court may review a prison disciplinary violation in habeas as long as it can provide meaningful relief
In re Marti (Cal. Ct. App., Sept. 3, 2021, No. C093153) 2021 WL 4452824, at *1 Summary: CDCR Prisoner Marti filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging the decision finding him guilty of a prison disciplinary violation for possession of excess property made by the warden of Mule…