In re Renteria
Edward Renteria was convicted after jury trial in 1994 of the second degree murder of his first wife, Valerie, in 1980 (Pen. Code, § 187),[1] and possession of a controlled substance in 1993 (Health & Saf. Code, § 11377, subd. (a)), and was sentenced to prison for 17 years to life. Following a subsequent parole hearing on February 3, 2010, the Board of Parole Hearings (the Board) found Renteria not suitable for parole. On March 10, 2011, the superior court granted Renteria’s petition for writ of habeas corpus and directed the Board to conduct a new parole hearing within 100 days. The warden where Renteria is incarcerated (the Warden) filed an appeal and a petition for writ of supersedeas requesting a stay of the superior court’s order. On May 31, 2011, we granted the Warden’s petition for writ of supersedeas. For the reasons stated below, we will reverse the superior court’s March 10, 2011 order and remand the matter to the superior court with directions to deny the petition for writ of habeas corpus.
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