P. v. Missamore
On January 24, 2006, the Board of Prison Terms (Board) found Anthony Mason, who was serving an indeterminate prison term of 16 years to life with the possibility of parole for his conviction of second degree murder with use of a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, 187, 12022, subd. (b)), unsuitable for release on parole. Mason filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this court, alleging that the Board unconstitutionally denied him parole at his 2006 suitability hearing. We issued an order to show cause directed at the Director of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (warden), and appointed counsel for Mason. Court conclude that the Board did not violate Masons due process rights when finding him unsuitable for parole because some evidence supported the Boards decision. (In re Rosenkrantz (2002) 29 Cal.4th 616, 677 (Rosenkrantz).) Court therefore deny Masons petition for habeas corpus relief.
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