Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Fischer

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

Decided March 14, 2013PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Melkonian, J.), entered February 1, 2012 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to compel respondent to notify the sentencing court that he was erroneously sentenced.

In 1995, petitioner was sentenced, as a persistent felony offender, to four concurrent prison terms of 25 years to life. In 2010, he requested that respondent, pursuant to Correction Law § 601-a, notify the sentencing court that he had been erroneously sentenced as a persistent felony offender. Respondent denied the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. New York Civil Liberties Union v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
  2. Johnson v. CorbittAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  3. Brown v. New York State Department of Social ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  4. New York Civil Liberties Union v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  5. Morrison v. HynesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Matter of Shaw v. KingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  2. Matter of Hunt v. AnnucciAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2022
  3. County of St. Lawrence v. ShahAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. Matter of Johnson v. AnnucciAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  5. Bass v. GoodmanNew York Supreme Court, Albany County · 2024

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