People ex rel. Betancourt v. Warden of Rikers Island

— Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Burton Hecht, J.), entered May 10, 1988, which dismissed petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus, is unanimously reversed, on the law and on the facts, the judgment vacated, and the petition is granted, without costs. Following Mr. Efrain Betancourt’s conviction in the Supreme Court, Kings County, of the crime of attempted manslaughter in the first degree (Penal Law §§ 110.00, 125.20) on June 28, 1982, he was sentenced to an indeterminate prison term of 3 to 9 years. Thereafter, on March 20, 1986, he was released on parole, with an…