Ash v. Reilly.U.S. District Court PAROLE Ash v. Reilly, 354 F. Supp.2d 1 (D.D.C. 2004). A prisoner petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus Noun 1. writ of habeas corpus - a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge habeas corpus judicial writ, writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer , challenging his detention on the basis that his rights were violated at his parole revocation hearing. The district court granted the petition, finding that the prisoner's constitutional right to confrontation of adverse witnesses was violated the hearing. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the court, the right to confront adverse witnesses, as a minimum requirement of due process in a parole revocation, is found in the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. The court noted that the revocation was based solely on the hearsay evidence HEARSAY EVIDENCE. The evidence of those who relate, not what they know themselves, but what they have heard from others. 2. As a general rule, hearsay evidence of a fact is not admissible. of a police officer and police report, which was also based on hearsay evidence. (Lee U.S. Penitentiary penitentiary: see prison. , Virginia) |
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