IN RE LAW

Docket No. Crim. 16496.

10 Cal.3d 21 (1973)

513 P.2d 621

109 Cal. Rptr. 573

In re HERBERT WILLIAM LAW on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 5, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard Rocha, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Edward A. Hinz, Jr., Chief Assistant Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, Russell Iungerich and Kent L. Richland, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

We issued an order to show cause in response to an application by Herbert William Law, a parolee, for a writ of habeas corpus based upon the contention that he is entitled to release on bail from a "parole hold." The hold was requested by the Adult Authority (Authority) following petitioner's arrest on allegations that he had committed a criminal offense while on parole. (1) Although petitioner's...

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