IN RE JACKSON

Docket No. Crim. 24381.

39 Cal.3d 464 (1985)

703 P.2d 100

216 Cal. Rptr. 760

In re LAWRENCE A. JACKSON on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

August 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Beverly K. Falk, Susan L. Frierson, Donald J. Oeser and Donald L. Roeschke, Deputy Attorneys General, for Appellant.

Rowan K. Klein, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Richard Lennon for Respondent.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Does the 1982 amendment to Penal Code section 3041.5,1 which empowers the Board of Prison Terms to schedule parole suitability hearings biennially instead of annually, violate the ex post facto clauses of the state and federal Constitutions when applied to an inmate who committed his or her offense before its effective date?

I.

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