In re Padin CA1/2
Petitioner Joaquin Leon Padin was convicted of second degree murder in 1996 and is serving a life sentence. Denied parole after a hearing in 2016, he contends the Board of Parole Hearings (Board) violated his constitutional right to due process by conducting a procedurally flawed hearing and failing to consider all relevant statutory factors bearing on the parole decision. We conclude the hearing was indeed flawed and therefore vacate the Board’s decision and remand for a new parole suitability hearing.
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