MATTER OF COLON v. VINCENT


41 N.Y.2d 1084 (1977)

In the Matter of Felix Colon, Respondent, v. Leon J. Vincent, as Superintendent of the Green Haven Correctional Facility, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Eugene P. O'Brien, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, Thomas P. Bartley and Irving C. Gendelman of counsel), for appellant.

Sally Mendola, Stanley E. Esposito and Thomas M. McDade for respondent.

Sally Mendola, William E. Hellerstein, Donald H. Zuckerman and Michael Ciaffa for Legal Aid Society, Parole Revocation Defense Unit; amicus curiae.

Concur: Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE.


Order affirmed, without costs, on the memorandum at the Appellate Division (49 A.D.2d 939; see Powell v Malcolm, 44 A.D.2d 65

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