California Court of Appeal

In an inmate's petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the Board of Parole Hearings' (Board) denial of her application for a parole date, trial court's grant of the petition is reversed where: 1) the record fully supports the Board's decision principally on the grounds the inmate had not adequately demonstrated insight into the reasons she participated in the brutal strangulation and bludgeoning of the victim; and 2) the inmate's lack of insight in turn supports the Board's ultimate conclusion that the inmate remains a risk to public safety.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/23/2012
• Published 10/23/2012

Judges

• Benke

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel