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IN RE THOMPSON

Docket No. F005090.

172 Cal.App.3d 256 (1985)

218 Cal. Rptr. 192

In re MICHAEL L. THOMPSON on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

September 18, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michael L. Thompson, in pro. per., and Paula F. Schmidt, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Petitioner.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, William G. Prahl and Cathy A. Neff, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondents.

OPINION

BEST, J.

In this original proceeding upon application for writ of habeas corpus we must determine whether a prisoner's indeterminate life sentence may be tolled until completion of a subsequently imposed determinate term for crimes committed in prison while serving the life term. We hold that service of the life sentence may not be interrupted or tolled pending completion of the determinate term.

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