CalVCB adopts hearing officer's recommendation to deny Robert Anderson's Penal Code 4,900 claim

The California Victim Compensation Board on March 19 adopted the hearing officer's proposed decision denying a Penal Code section 4,900 claim filed by Robert Anderson.

The board was told the application alleges Anderson was erroneously convicted; the claim sought $775,460 for 5,539 days of imprisonment. As summarized in the hearing officer's proposed decision, the claimant did not meet the statutory burden to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he did not commit the charged offenses as defined at the time they were committed.

Deputy Attorney General Cameron Goodman told the board, "We respectfully recommend that the board adopt the hearing officer's proposed decision in full." A board motion to adopt the proposed decision was moved and seconded and passed on roll call.

The board took no other action on the matter at this meeting and then proceeded to closed-session business.