People ex rel. Chavys v. Coombe

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Ellison, J.), entered May 17, 1996 in Chemung County, which dismissed petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 70, after a hearing.

Petitioner is serving a sentence of imprisonment at Elmira Correctional Facility in Chemung County, having been convicted of the crimes of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree. Petitioner’s appeal from that conviction was pending when he filed the instant application for a…