People ex rel. Moxon v. Fay

By this habeas corpus proceeding the relator an inmate of Green Haven Prison claims his right to be released from custody. On November 12, 1958 the relator, then 21 years old, was sentenced by the County Court, Rensselaer County, to an indefinite term at the Elmira Reformatory upon a plea of guilty to second degree robbery.

On November 21, 1958 relator was received at Elmira Reformatory with credit for prior jail time of 209 days. He was subsequently transferred to other institutions of the Department of Correction and was received at Green Haven Prison on March 1, 1962.

Relator now claims that…