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THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION (DOCCS) VIOLATED THE LESS IS MORE ACT (LIMA) BY FAILING TO HOLD A RECOGNIZANCE HEARING WITHIN 24 HOURS, AND FAILING TO HOLD A PRELIMINARY HEARING WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE EXECUTION OF THE PAROLE-VIOLATION WARRANT; HABEAS CORPUS PETITION PROPERLY GRANTED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, affirming the grant of the habeas corpus petition, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Gonzalez, determined the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s (DOCCS’s) failure to hold a recognizance hearing on petitioner’s alleged violation of parole within 24 hours as required by the Less is More Act (LIMA) (Executive Law 259-i) violated due process:

LIMA’s plain language was abrogated when petitioner’s recognizance hearing was held five days after the execution of the warrant, instead of within the requisite 24 hours. This error was compounded when the preliminary hearing was held seven days after the execution of the warrant, instead of the requisite five days (Executive Law § 259-i[3][c][i][B]). The interpretation that DOCCS advances would bypass LIMA and effectively remove its statutory duty to ensure that recognizance hearings are timely held within 24 hours of the warrant execution … . Matter of People of the State of N.Y. v Annucci, 2024 NY Slip Op 01685, First Dept 3-26-24

Practice Point: The statutory requirement that a recognizance hearing must be held within 24 hours and a preliminary hearing must be held within five days of the execution of a parole-violation warrant is strictly enforced. Failure to comply with the statutory time-limits violates due process and warrant granting a habeas corpus petition.

 

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