Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Pittman v. Warden of Rikers Island Correctional Facility

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 29, 2002Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal from order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert Straus, J.), entered on or about November 1, 1999, which denied petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus and dismissed the petition, unanimously dismissed, without costs.

Since petitioner’s maximum term of imprisonment has expired, the appeal has been rendered moot (People ex rel. Jones v New York State Div. of Parole, 251 AD2d 43). Concur— Williams, J.P., Mazzarelli, Rosenberger, Wallach and Lerner, JJ.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Jones v. New York State DivisionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998