TENNISON v. CALIFORNIA VICTIM COMP. BD.

No. A112313.

62 Cal.Rptr.3d 88 (2007)

152 Cal.App.4th 1164

John J. TENNISON, Petitioner and Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA VICTIM COMPENSATION AND GOVERNMENT CLAIMS BOARD, Respondent.

Court of Appeal of California, First District, Division Three.

June 28, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot R. Peters, Daniel Purcell, Steven P. Ragland, Keker & Van Nest, LLP, San Francisco, for Appellant.

Bill Lockyer Attorney General of the State of California, Robert R. Anderson Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves Senior Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell Acting Supervising Deputy Attorney General, David Andrew Eldridge Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


PARRILLI, J.

In this case we hold that a finding of factual innocence under Penal Code section 851.8 does not have collateral estoppel effect in later proceedings before the California Victim Compensation Board and Government Claims Board ("the Board") pursuant to Penal Code section 4900 et seq.1 under the circumstances presented here. Petitioner and appellant, John J. Tennison petitioned the superior court for a writ of mandate after...

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