MATTHEWS v. DIV. OF PAROLE


58 N.Y.2d 196 (1983)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Maurice Matthews, by Richard Greenberg, Appellant, v. New York State Division of Parole et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen E. Burns, William E. Hellerstein and Roger Brazill for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Betsy Broder and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG, MEYER and SIMONS concur.


JASEN, J.

On this appeal, we are asked to decide whether the denial of petitioner's request that his final parole revocation hearing be adjourned until such time as the criminal charges pending against him were disposed of was an abuse of discretion or deprived petitioner of his right to due process.

On July 18, 1980, petitioner was released on parole after serving approximately 6 years of a 6½-...

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