People ex rel. von Moser v. New York State Parole Board

This proceeding challenges the power of the State Board of Parole to detain in custody a prisoner longer than for the minimum term fixed by the Governor in reducing a prison sentence. It requires, also, a construction of the statutory powers of the Governor in reducing prison sentences and imposing conditions attached to the executive act of clemency.

The petitioner was convicted at the Court of General Sessions for the county of New York of attempted forgery, second degree, on February 1, 1938. He was sentenced February 15, 1938, to an indeterminate sentence of five to ten years in prison.

The…