Legal Opinion
Menechino v. Division of Parole
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 27, 1968PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThomas C. Chimera, J.
In this “ article 78 ” proceeding petitioner, pro se, seeks review of determinations made by the Board of Parole at “ hearings ” held in 1965 and 1967 wherein petitioner was successively remanded to prison as a parole violator and denied parole.
The important question raised is whether petitioner was deprived of constitutional right because of failure to afford him counsel during those “ hearings ” and particularly during the first of them wherein his parole was revoked. He had served 16 years of a sentence of 20 years to life following his plea of guilty of the crime of murder in the second…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Mempa v. RhaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Sammy Williams v. Walter H. DunbarCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by8 opinions
- People ex rel. Menechino v. WardenNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
- Menechino v. Division of ParoleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969
- People ex rel. Johnson v. FolletteNew York Supreme Court · 1968
- Menechino v. OswaldDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- Hunter v. New York State Board of ParoleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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