PEOPLE (SINCLAIR) v. WARDEN


152 Misc.2d 928 (1991)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Darnell Sinclair, Petitioner, v. Warden, Rikers Island Correctional Center, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, Bronx County.

December 19, 1991


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lois A. White (Percival Clarke of counsel), for petitioner. Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Joseph Wagner of counsel), for respondents.


MARTIN MARCUS, J.

In this case, an Administrative Law Judge adjourned the petitioner's parole revocation hearing for more than 1½ months because the petitioner's attorney failed to appear on the day the hearing was scheduled to occur. In the absence of his attorney, the petitioner sought to waive his right to counsel at the hearing and to proceed in the attorney's absence. He now brings a writ of habeas...

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