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PEOPLE EX REL. SILBERT v. COHEN

29 N.Y.2d 12 (1971)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. James Silbert, as Law Guardian, on Behalf of Anthony R., Respondent, v. A. Alfred Cohen, as Superintendent of Warwick State Training School for Boys, Appellant. The People of the State of New York ex rel. James Silbert, as Law Guardian, on Behalf of Roderick R., Respondent, v. A. Alfred Cohen, as Superintendent of Warwick State Training School for Boys, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 9, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Maria L. Marcus, Samuel A. Hirshowitz and John G. Proudfit of counsel), for appellant.

James D. Selbirt, respondent in person, Rena K. Uviller, William E. Hellerstein and Charles Schinitsky for respondents.

Judges BURKE, BERGAN and GIBSON concur with Chief Judge FULD; Judges SCILEPPI, BREITEL and JASEN concur in result only on constraint of People ex rel. Menechino v. Warden ().

Chief Judge FULD.

In People ex rel. Menechino v. Warden (27 N.Y.2d 376), this court held that adult parolees are constitutionally entitled to the assistance of counsel in parole revocation hearings. (See, also, People ex rel. Maggio v. Casscles, 28 N.Y.2d 415.)1 On this appeal, we must decide whether...

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