STATE EX REL. DJONNE v. SCHOEN

No. 44364.

217 N.W.2d 508 (1974)

STATE of Minnesota ex rel. Clifford DJONNE, Appellant, v. Kenneth SCHOEN, Commissioner of Corrections, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 12, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Cullen, Melvin B. Goldberg and E. Michael Forde, Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners, Minneapolis, for appellant; C. Paul Jones, Minneapolis of counsel.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Jonathan Morgan, Sol. Gen., James N. Bradford, Asst., St. Paul, for respondents.

Heard before SHERAN, C. J., and TODD, MacLAUGHLIN, and McRAE, JJ., and considered and decided by the court.


TODD, Justice.

Appellant appeals from an order discharging a writ of habeas corpus. He claims he has been denied due process by the failure of correction authorities to conduct a hearing prior to revocation of his work release. We reverse.

Appellant was confined at the State Reformatory at St. Cloud following conviction of burglary and was serving an indeterminate sentence not to exceed 10 years. On June 22, 1972, appellant was granted work release under the...

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