Richard Joseph Crane v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
SocialSecurity Securities
Whether the Supreme Court intended for the opinion of California Department of Corrections v. Morales (1995) and Garner v. Jones (2000) to apply to individuals convicted of a crime authorizing a maximum of a life sentence to be subject to a denial of parole consideration of as long as fifteen years
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . Whether the Supreme Court intended for the opinion of California Department of Corrections v. Morales (1995) 514 U.S. 499; and : Garner v. Jones (U.S.Ga. 2000) 529 U.S. 244, applying to individual . convicted of a crime authorizing a maximum of a life sentence to be subject to a denial of parole consideration of as long as fifteen years. Did the Supreme Court intend that these multi year dénials of ; parole consideration were intended to limit multiple murders or individuals convicted of horrendous homicides from being granted : early parole. Or? Where these opinions intended to apply to all offenders subjected to a life term with possibility of parole? . . ;