People ex rel. Chapman v. New York State Board of Parole

*891OPINION OF THE COURT

George B. Ceresia, Jr., J.

In this habeas corpus proceeding, relator John Chapman alleges that respondents are illegally detaining him on a parole violation.

Relator was, on December 21, 1989, convicted of two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree and was sentenced to two indeterminate terms of 3 years 8 months to life imprisonment. On the same date, relator was convicted of three counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and was sentenced to three indeterminate terms of 3 years 11 months to 11 years 9 months’…