In re Williams

*796 On December 29, 2016, the Board of Parole Hearings found Petitioner Antuan Williams suitable for parole under the youth offender provisions of Penal Code sections 3051 and 4801, subdivision (c). Although that decision became final on April 24, 2017, Williams was not released but required to serve an additional consecutive, eight-year term for a conviction he sustained while in prison when he was 26 years old. Williams argues that the Board's decision requiring him to serve the consecutive term after he was granted parole was unlawful. We agree.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In 1991, Williams, then age 21, was convicted of first degree murder under Penal Code section 187 and sentenced to an indeterminate prison term of 28 *797 years to life. 1 In 1996, while serving his sentence, Williams pleaded guilty to battery on a non-prisoner (§ 4501.5), for which he was sentenced to an eight year consecutive term to be served after the completion of his life term. (§ 1170.1, subd. (c); In re Thompson (1985) 172 Cal.App.3d 256 , 218 Cal.Rptr. 192 ( Thomson ).)

On December 29, 2016, Williams became eligible for a youth offender parole hearing. ( §§ 3051 and 4801, subd. (c).) The Board found him…