IN RE BUTLER

No. A137273.

224 Cal.App.4th 469 (2014)

169 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1

In re ROY THINNES BUTLER on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

March 5, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon B. Streeter , Sharif E. Jacob and Benita H. Brahmbhatt , under appointments by the Court of Appeal, for Petitioner.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Jennifer A. Neill , Assistant Attorney General, Claudia H. Amaral and Amber N. Wipfler , Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


OPINION

BRICK, J.*

Inmate Roy Thinnes Butler pled guilty to second degree murder in 1988, when he was 20 years old, for his participation in the slaying of a man who had repeatedly, physically abused two other people. Despite the recommendation of California's Department of Corrections (CDC) that Butler be placed on probation, he was sentenced to an indeterminate term of 15 years to life. The Board of Parole...

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