Supreme Court of California

A habeas corpus petition, challenging an unsuitable for parole finding, should be filed in a court within the county where the defendant was convicted.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/21/2005
• Published 07/21/2005

Judges

• GEORGE, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald Specter, under appointment by the Supreme Court, San Quentin, for Petitioner Orlando Roberts., Rita Coyne Federman, Charles A. Piccuta, San Luis Obispo;  Dawn N. Pilimanu;  Kathryn Houck, Fresno;  and William S. Bateman, for San Luis Obispo County Superior Court, Monterey County Superior Court, Kings County Superior Court and Solano County Superior Court as Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Frances T. Grunder, Assistant Attorney General, and Julie L. Garland, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent the People., Frederick R. Bennett, Los Angeles, and Christine Zarifian, for Los Angeles Superior Court as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent the People.