People ex rel. Harris v. New York State Division of Parole
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal from a judgment of Supreme Court, Jefferson County (Gilbert, J.), entered September 7, 2001, which, inter alia, dismissed the petition seeking a writ of habeas corpus.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Supreme Court properly dismissed the peti*939tion seeking a writ of habeas corpus. Because “ ‘[p]aróle decisions are discretionary and prisoners have no right to be released prior to the expiration of their sentences,’ ” petitioner is not entitled to habeas corpus relief (People ex rel. Daniels v…
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