Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Pressley v. Warden of Rikers Island Correctional Facility

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

Decided October 11, 2007Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal from order, Supreme Court, Bronx County, (Robert G. Seewald, J.), entered August 16, 2006, which dismissed the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, unanimously dismissed as moot, without costs.

The appeal is moot in light of petitioner’s release to parole supervision (People ex rel. McGann v Ross, 91 NY2d 865 [1997]; People ex rel. Rucco v Warden, Rikers Is. Correctional Facility, 15 AD3d 314 [2005]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Friedman, Sullivan and Nardelli, JJ.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People ex rel McGann v. RossNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
  2. People ex rel. Rucco v. Warden, Rikers Island Correctional FacilityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005