IN RE SMITH

No. B207324.

171 Cal.App.4th 1631 (2009)

In re LINDA LEE SMITH on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

February 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, and Kim Aarons, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellant State of California.

Munger, Tolles & Olson, Blanca F. Young and Hailyn J. Chen for Respondent Linda Lee Smith.


OPINION

YEGAN, Acting P. J.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appeals from the superior court's order granting respondent Linda Lee Smith's petition for writ of habeas corpus and vacating the Governor's decision to reverse the Board of Parole Hearings's determination that she is suitable for parole. (Pen. Code, § 1507.) We reverse the superior court's order because some evidence supports the Governor's conclusion that respondent is...

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