Lane v. Department of Corrections, Parole Board

On August 19, 1963, Edgar Elton Lane ivas released on parole. He was returned to State prison on September 22, 1965, as a parole violator. On January 11, 1966, the Michigan Supreme Court granted Lane a writ of babeas corpus and ordered that be “be forthwith discharged from custody as on parole under the parole order of August 19, 1963.” 1

Seven months later, August 11, 1966, the parole board entered an order amending Lane’s “parole as follows: Parole period extended 3 years to expire August 19, 1969.” No notice of the impending extension of his parole or hearing thereon was granted Lane nor…