Petitioner, an inmate at Fishkill Correctional Facility in Dutchess County, commenced this habeas corpus proceeding contending that his conviction for the crime of robbery in the first degree was illegal on double jeopardy grounds. On this appeal from Supreme Court's dismissal of the petition, petitioner abandons the double jeopardy argument and contends that jurisdictional defects in respondent's return and the court's failure to afford him an evidentiary hearing require...
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