JOHNSON v. GOMEZ

No. CIV-S-92-2067 DFL GGH.

876 F.Supp. 226 (1995)

Robert JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. Alfonso GOMEZ, Respondent.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

January 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis P. Riordan, Riordan & Rosenthal, San Francisco, CA, for Robert Johnson.

Linda Mireya Gonzalez, James Ching, Office of Atty. Gen., Sacramento, CA, for Alfonso Gomez.


MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

LEVI, District Judge.

A 1988 amendment to article V, section 8 of the California Constitution gives the Governor the power to reverse the Board of Prison Terms' decision to allow or deny parole to persons "sentenced to an indeterminate term upon conviction of murder." Cal. Const. art. V, § 8(b). The Governor exercised this authority to deny parole to petitioner Robert Johnson after the Board of Prison Terms had...

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