People ex rel. Sanchez v. Zelker

The relator in this habeas corpus proceeding was convicted in 1967 of an attempted felonious possession of a weapon (former Penal Law, § 1897, subd. 2) and was sentenced to a reformatory term of up to five years’ imprisonment. On September 20,1970, while on parole from the Green Haven Correctional Facility, he was arrested on a new charge of criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the second degree (Penal Law, § 220.22). On February 9, 1971, upon his plea of guilty to a Class E felony and upon a determination that he was a narcotic addict, relator was certified to the care and custody of…