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People ex Rel. Merritt v. Division of Parole

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 12, 1999
257 A.D.2d 435 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Opinion

January 12, 1999.

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Denis Boyle, J.).


Petitioner has failed to establish that respondent did not exercise due diligence in executing the parole warrant against petitioner. Petitioner has not demonstrated that respondent manifested a gross disinterest in retaking him ( see, People ex rel. Stracci v. Warden, 72 A.D.2d 393). It was the primary responsibility of petitioner to contact respondent with information of his whereabouts, rather than respondent's obligation to infer petitioner's whereabouts. Respondent met its obligations by acting rapidly to execute the warrant upon learning of petitioner's arrest and executing the warrant well before the expiration of petitioner's underlying sentence ( see, People ex rel. Flores v. Dalsheim, 66 A.D.2d 381). We find nothing in respondent's Policy and Procedures Manual that entitles a parole violator to be diligently pursued or promptly apprehended. We have considered and rejected petitioner's remaining arguments.

Concur — Ellerin, J.P., Nardelli, Tom and Andrias, JJ.


Summaries of

People ex Rel. Merritt v. Division of Parole

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 12, 1999
257 A.D.2d 435 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
Case details for

People ex Rel. Merritt v. Division of Parole

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. ERNEST MERRITT, Appellant, v…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jan 12, 1999

Citations

257 A.D.2d 435 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
682 N.Y.S.2d 579