Legal Opinion · Concurrence

People Ex Rel. Harrison v. Jackson

New York Court of Appeals

Decided October 14, 1948Published

I. A proceeding by habeas corpus is the proper remedy for one circumstanced as is relator. (People ex rel. Marcley v. Lawes, 254 N. Y. 249; People ex rel. Sloane v. Lawes, 255 N. Y. 112; People ex rel. Garollo v. Brophy, 294 N. Y. 540; People ex rel. Newman v. Foster, 297 N. Y. 27; People ex rel. Milton v. Jackson, 297 N. Y. 708; People ex rel. Mueciolo v. Snyder, 295 N. Y. 866; People ex rel. Romano v. Brophy, 280 N. Y. 181; People ex rel.

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I. A proceeding by habeas corpus is the proper remedy for one circumstanced as is relator. (People ex rel. Marcley v. Lawes, 254 N. Y. 249; People ex rel. Sloane v. Lawes, 255 N. Y. 112; People ex rel. Garollo v. Brophy, 294 N. Y. 540; People ex rel. Newman v. Foster, 297 N. Y. 27; People ex rel. Milton v. Jackson, 297 N. Y. 708; People ex rel. Mueciolo v. Snyder, 295 N. Y. 866; People ex rel. Romano v. Brophy, 280 N. Y. 181; People ex rel. Jones v. Brophy, 287 N. T. 687; People ex rel. Frey y. Warden, 100 N. Y. 20; Matter of Albiniano, 123 A. L. R. 441; People ex rel. Batista v. Christian,…

1ConcurrenceFtjld, J.

I agree that this is not a case for habeas corpus, but, since I reach that conclusion by a road different from that taken by Judge CoNway, I would indicate my course.

BotH by history (Matter of Morhous v. New York Supreme Court, 293 N. Y. 131; People ex rel. Carr v. Martin, 286 N. Y. 27; Davis v. Packard, 8 Pet. [U. S.] 312, 324, affg. 10 Wend. 50), and by the controlling New York statute (Civ. Prac. Act, § 1231), “ A person is not entitled to ” a writ of habeas corpus when ‘£ detained by virtue of the final judgment or decree of a competent tribunal of civil or criminal jurisdiction ”. In the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Tweed v. . LiscombNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
  2. Sanders v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
  3. Matter of Morhous v. N.Y. Supreme CourtNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
  4. Matter of Hogan v. Court of General SessionsNew York Court of Appeals · 1946
  5. Commonwealth v. HarrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945

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