People ex rel. Frazier v. Warden, Rikers Island Correctional Center

OPINION OF THE COURT

Richard Lee Price, J.

By habeas petitions submitted August 7, 2013 (index No. 250844-2013), and September 4, 2013 (index No. 251045-2013), respectively, petitioner moves for orders vacating his parole warrant and releasing him from the custody of New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS or respondent). Specifically, petitioner asserts that he is being illegally detained because DOCCS failed to provide timely notice of the alleged parole violations thereby depriving him of his right to a knowing and voluntary waiver of the preliminary hearing…