People ex rel. Witty v. Warden of Rucers Island Correctional Facility
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Harold Silverman, J.), entered on or about June 16, 1997, which dismissed the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Since petitioner did not raise this specific issue before the writ court, his contention that commencement of a third extradition effort was barred by CPLR 3217 (c), as twice previously discontinued, has not been preserved for appellate review. Were we to review this claim, we would find it to be without merit. Reading the statutory scheme concerning extradition as a whole and in light of the unique…
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