Legal Opinion
Brown v. Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 1, 1979PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
— Judgment unanimously reversed, without costs, and petition dismissed. Memorandum: Respondents appeal from a judgment in a CPLR article 78 proceeding directing that they afford petitioner, a prisoner, a hearing with respect to the denial of his application for furlough, one of the temporary release programs in Correction Law (§ 851 et seq.). Petitioner began participation in the work release program in August, 1976. The 1977 amendment to the Correction Law added a provision (Correction Law, § 851, subd 2, as amd by L 1977, ch 691, § 1, eff Sept. 1, 1977) that if an inmate is denied release…
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