Is there any case law where a defendant has been convicted of a criminal offence and sentenced to life without parole has been found to be ineligible for parole?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Garcia-Vega, E057831 (Cal. App. 2014):
The People agree the fines must be stricken because defendants are ineligible for parole. (People v. Battle (2011) 198 Cal.App.4th 50, 63 [parole revocation restitution fines improperly imposed where sentence included life without the possibility of parole and no determine terms].)
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