PEOPLE EX REL. JOHNSON v. FOLLETTE


58 Misc.2d 474 (1968)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. James Johnson et al., Relators, v. Harold W. Follette, as Warden of Green Haven Prison, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Dutchess County.

December 13, 1968


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton F. Morey, Herbert Cohen, Ronald R. Levine, Milton S. Herman, Rudolph Russo, Vincent Di Gennaro and David Effron for relators. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Vincent A. Marsicano of counsel), for respondent.


CLARE J. HOYT, J.

The above 19 relators, all inmates of Green Haven Prison, and returned there by reason of parole violations, seek their release in these habeas corpus proceedings because they were not afforded counsel at the parole revocation hearings before the Parole Board. Since this common question is raised in all these proceedings, this single opinion will determine all of these proceedings.

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