People ex rel. Llyod v. Keane

—In a habeas corpus proceeding, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (LaCava, J.), dated December 22, 1993, which dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Although it is well settled that a habeas corpus proceeding is a procedural tool " ' of * * * great flexibility and vague scope’ ” (People ex rel. Keitt v McMann, 18 NY2d 257, 263, quoting 1959 NY Legis Doc No. 17, at 49), it is also well settled that such a proceeding may not be used to seek review of questions already passed upon, or absent…