People ex rel. Sammarco v. Le Fevre

Morrissey v. Brewer (408 U. S. 471) established minimum requirements to meet the test of “ due process ” in parole revocation proceedings for State prisoners. Among these is the right to confront and cross-examine adverse witnesses (unless the hearing officer specifically finds good cause for not allowing confrontation).

In August, 1971, petitioner Sammarco was paroled from Clinton Correctional Facility and permitted to leave New York to join his family and seek employment in Florida. He had served some 13 years of a 20 year to life sentence for murder, second degree. In May, 1973, he was…