Legal Opinion

Bentley v. Demskie

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

Decided May 7, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeals from two judgments of the Supreme Court (La Buda, J.), entered April 18, 1997 in Sullivan County, which (1) dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, for, inter alia, an order compelling respondents to recompute petitioner’s jail-time credits, and (2) dismissed petitioner’s motion for a default judgment and for summary judgment as moot.

We reject the contention of petitioner, a prison inmate, asserting that he is entitled to receive credit for 1,900 days of jail time served in Federal prison against the sentence he is currently serving in this…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Peterson v. New York State Department of Correctional ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Guido v. GoordNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
  2. Torres v. BennettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  3. Chang v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  4. People ex rel. Jones v. PortuondoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

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