California Court of Appeal

The applicable standard for reviewing parole release date decisions is the "arbitrary or capricious" standard while factual determinations are reviewed under the "some evidence" standard.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/12/2001
• Published 12/12/2001

Judges

• PARRILLI, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Bill Lockyer, Attorney General for the State of California;  Robert R. Anderson, Acting Chief Assistant Attorney General;  David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General;  Paul D. Gifford, Senior Assistant Attorney General;  Sara Turner, Supervising Deputy Attorney General;  Susan Duncan Lee, Supervising Deputy Attorney General;  Frances T. Grunder, Supervising Deputy Attorney General;  Michele J. Swanson, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steve M. Defilippis, Picone & Defilippis, for Respondent.