The Board of Parole Hearings unanimously determined the earlier grant for parole for Daniel Robinson was “improper” throughout a rescission listening to.
Robinson, 46, was beforehand granted parole on Dec. 15, 2021. Nevertheless, in accordance with a press launch from the Yolo County District Lawyer’s Workplace, Gov. Gavin Newsom raised issues after reviewing the choice.
“Particularly, the governor requested the complete Board of Parole Hearings to contemplate info of institutional misconduct, dated March 22, 2022, and extra “confidential info” dated April 19, 2022,” the press launch defined. “Based mostly on the request of the governor, and the brand new info, BPH set a “recission” listening to to find out whether or not the two-member panel made the suitable resolution on the Dec. 15 listening to.”
Robinson was discovered responsible of second-degree homicide and sentenced to 18 years to life for killing 16-year-old Robert Castro in a gang-related drive-by capturing in 1996. Castro was driving his bike in West Sacramento on the time of the capturing.
Robinson and his associates have been related to the twenty ninth Road Crips. As a result of they felt disrespected by the Broderick Boys, a West Sacramento gang, they determined to get revenge by capturing Castro, though they'd by no means seen him, didn’t know him and had no motive to imagine he was in a gang, the press launch stated.
Through the rescission listening to, which was performed by way of video convention on Friday, Commissioner Catherine Purcell offered proof that Robinson had illegally possessed a telephone in his cell on March 22, 2022, and with the help of his spouse, had dedicated EDD fraud. Textual content messages between the 2 confirmed them speaking in regards to the fraud way back to August 2020.
Purcell said that Robinson “obtained important fraudulent cash,” which his spouse deposited into his inmate checking account.
“We discover that there’s good trigger to rescind your parole grant,” Purcell stated. “First, we've got discovered true the 2020 mobile phone violation, that you simply possessed the telephone on the time of the grant listening to and really effectively earlier than that. The telephone texts present that you simply engaged in EDD fraud as effectively.”
“We discover that you simply engaged in felony considering due to these items,” she continued. “First you weren't truthful underneath oath at your parole listening to and whenever you did so, you have been untruthful in an effort to safe a grant of parole. We've discovered that the final panel’s grant of parole was improvident as a result of among the panel’s conclusions couldn't be reconciled with the proof….”
The present listening to was solely to find out whether or not the December 2021 panel’s resolution was improper. Robinson will probably be entitled to a different listening to to find out his suitability for parole inside 120 days.
“Board members took the issues expressed by Gov. Newsom to coronary heart, reviewed the proof, and took notice of Mr. Robinson’s dishonesty and complex felony conduct,” stated Yolo County District Lawyer Jeff Reisig. “This was a mindless and horrific gang capturing of a 16-year-old boy who was focused just because Robinson and his fellow gang members felt disrespected by the Broderick Boys. Clearly, Mr. Robinson’s very current violations in jail and the EDD fraud are indicative that he nonetheless stays a hazard to the general public.”