California Court of Appeal

An inmate serving a life term who commits a custodial offense is entitled to have his consecutive sentence for that offense begin on the date he is found suitable for parole, under a plain language reading of Penal Code section 1170.1(c), which states that a prisoner who commits a felony is to serve any consecutive sentence for such felony "from the time the person would otherwise have been released from prison."

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/14/2015
• Published 05/14/2015

Judges

• A142734

Court

• California Court of Appeal

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