People ex rel. Rivera v. New York State Division of Parole

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Hecht, J.), entered April 23, 1981, sustaining petitioner’s writ of habeas corpus to extent of vacating respondents’ finding of a parole violation and directing that petitioner be granted a new final parole revocation hearing; reversed, on the law, to extent appealed from and writ granted, without costs. Petitioner, a parolee charged with assorted violations of his parole status, was produced for his final revocation hearing on the 82nd day after the preliminary hearing in which probable cause was found. Appearing without counsel, petitioner testified that…