PEOPLE EX REL KNOWLES v. SMITH


54 N.Y.2d 259 (1981)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Preston Knowles, Appellant, v. Harold J. Smith, as Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Shiffett, Rose H. Sconiers, Robert A. Kagan and David Leven for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Frederick R. Walsh and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, WACHTLER and MEYER concur with Judge FUCHSBERG; Judge JONES concurs in result only.


FUCHSBERG, J.

In this habeas corpus proceeding, brought by a prisoner to secure his return to parole status, we are called upon to decide whether, under the circumstances presented, the timing and notification of the decision in relator's final parole revocation hearing accorded acceptably with New York's regulatory scheme and the strictures of due process.

The issue presents itself in the following factual...

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