PEOPLE EX REL. MCGEE v. WALTERS


62 N.Y.2d 317 (1984)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Eddie McGee, Respondent, v. Wilson E. J. Walters, as Superintendent of the Ossining Correctional Facility, et al, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Joyce M. Andren and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for appellants.

Corinne Edelbaum for respondent.

Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur.


Chief Judge COOKE.

Generally, a parolee has due process and statutory rights to confront adverse witnesses whose statements are offered at a parole revocation hearing. Although these rights embrace a strong preference for face-to-face confrontation and cross-examination, a hearing examiner may, nevertheless, upon a specific finding of good cause, permit the introduction of adverse hearsay statements without affording...

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