People ex rel. Ellis v. LeFevre

— Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered December 11, 1978 in Clinton County, which denied appellant’s application for a writ of habeas corpus. On September 15, 1977, appellant was sentenced in New York County Supreme Court to an indeterminate term of 7 Vi to 15 years following his conviction, after trial, of manslaughter in the first degree. Appellant applied for a writ of habeas corpus in November, 1978. In his petition, appellant asserted that an appeal was then pending in the Appellate Division, First Department, from the judgment of conviction being…