Prop 57 Parole

Name: In re Edwards
Case #: B288086
District 2 DCA
Division: 5
Opinion Date: 09/07/2018
  • Categories: Parole, Probation / Parole / PRCS, Prop 57 Parole, Sentencing

CDCR's regulations excluding nonviolent offenders serving a life sentence from early parole consideration under Proposition 57 are inconsistent with the voters' intentions and therefore must be repealed. In 1998, Edwards was convicted of nonviolent felonies and sentenced to 53 years…

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Name: People v. Dynes
Case #: F075158
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 5 DCA
Opinion Date: 02/15/2018
  • Categories: Appealable Orders, Appeals, Prop 57 Parole, Sentencing

A denial of an ex-parte request for resentencing, modification, and reclassification under the parole provisions of Proposition 57 is not an appealable order. In 2014, defendant was sentenced to prison for an aggregate second strike term of eight years four…

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