Section 218 of the Correction Law expressly provides that a paroled prisoner charged with parole violation shall be given "an opportunity to appear personally, but not through counsel or others, before three members of such board of parole and explain the charges made against him." (Emphasis added.) The sole question raised here is whether this statutory proscription of any right to the assistance of counsel at parole revocation hearings...
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