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“~~ - rie a a OE Nena, | alt ie ttm ember Sette oy a POPEYE = 31 Suddenly, the cloud prssed., The tactics of desperation had been the tactics of victory! Judd had stalled so long that they had to take the high-power DA. off Popeye's case; there were more important things for him to do. He was replaced by an most agreeable and cooperative D.A., Jamie Sutton. He was rendy to deal, and the deal got sweeter and sweeter until Judd had him down to 6C days in the county jail. "Sutton would have gone for no time at all..." but the Judge wouldn't go for that. He did, however, agree to delay execution of sentence until after Popeye's parole discharge date, April 4. A complete turnabout! Pat got 10 days which was not a very good deal at all for a woman who had never ‘Been busted for anything but grass and was 6 months pregnant. If this was a great victory, it was only preliminary. Once again, as Judd says: "It was the Adult Authority I was really worried about." nd well he should have been; less than a year before, in the words of a parole officer, "Popeye made foola of them." The pnrole hoard had been made to answer to the people and did not like what they had been forced to do. They did not like the precedent, and they did not like Popeye. You do not demand formal hearings when they've got you and so neither Popeye nor Judd would even be present when the board made their decision, The only other principal in the drama would be Popeye's parole officer, John Williams; he had to make a recommendation. John is a gentle soul who his made a carcer of helping cons who would, otherwise, be swallowed up by the stupidity of Corrections, He is respected among Bay Area cons for his integrity, truthfulness, and for invariably being on their side. He to assigned all the heavy cases because he can get along with them; SS does the real supervision anyway. John liked Vopeyo, mai he Likes moct everyone, and he wrote a very good recom- oe . Sos) on : en py ease. ef cam Tap ot Bs