People ex rel. Sardo v. Zelker

In a habeas corpus proceeding to contest the revocation of relator’s conditional release, relator appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County, dated April 14, 1971, which dismissed the writ. The Special Term held that the decision in People ex rel Menechino v. Warden (27 N Y 2d 376) was not to be applied retroactively. Judgment affirmed, without costs. While relator is correct when he argues that the rationale of People ex rel. Maggio v. Casscles (28 N Y 2d 415) indicates that the revocation of *570parole in this case was on “technical” grounds in that relator had only been…