State Ex Rel. Ostrander v. Wilt

Caplan, Justice:

In this original proceeding in habeas corpus the petitioner, Thomas D. Ostrander, seeks his release from incarceration by the State. His grounds therefor are that: (1) the State failed to afford him a preliminary hearing for alleged probation violation within a reasonable time after his return to this jurisdiction, and, (2) the State failed to afford him a preliminary and final revocation hearing prior to the expiration of his probationary period. Upon consideration of the circumstances of this case and the law applicable thereto, we deny the relief sought.

On April 28, 1976,…