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IN RE BUTLER

No. S237014.

4 Cal.5th 728 (2018)

In re ROY BUTLER on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

April 2, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keker & Van Nest, Keker, Van Nest & Peters, Jon B. Streeter , Susan J. Harriman , Benita A. Brauhmbhatt , Sharif E. Jacob , Steven A. Hirsch and Andrea Nill Sanchez for Petitioner Roy Thinnes Butler.

Heidi L. Rummel , Michael J. Brennan , Anna Faircloth Feingold and Rebecca Brown for USC Gould School of Law Post-Conviction Justice Project as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Roy Thinnes Butler.

William Vogel and Aubrey Grant as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Roy Thinnes Butler.

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Edward C. DuMont , State Solicitor General, Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jennifer A. Neill and Phillip J. Lindsay , Assistant Attorneys General, Aimee Feinberg , Deputy State Solicitor General, Samuel P. Siegel , Associate Deputy State Solicitor General, Claudia H. Amaral , Amber N. Wipfler , Sara J. Romano and Brian C. Kinney , Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent the People.

Mark Zahner ; and Richard J. Sachs , Deputy District Attorney (San Diego), for California District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent the People.

OPINION

People convicted of noncapital murder and certain other criminal offenses in California serve indeterminate sentences that run from a minimum number of years to life, making release possible before the end of their life. The Board of Parole Hearings (the Board...

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