People ex rel. Suddith v. Sheriff of Ulster County

— Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Bradley, J.), entered August 18, 1982 in Ulster County, which dismissed a writ of habeas corpus, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 70, after a hearing. Petitioners were arrested on July 17, 1982 and charged, by felony complaint, with the crime of criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree. They were promptly arraigned. A preliminary hearing scheduled for July 23,1982 was adjourned by the Town Justice to July 30,1982 in order to permit counsel for petitioners to be present. At the conclusion of the July 30…