Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Townsand v. Superintendent of Downstate Correctional Facility

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

Decided December 23, 1985PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

In a habeas corpus proceeding, petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Colabella, J.), entered July 9, 1984, which dismissed the proceeding.

Judgment affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

During the pendency of his appeal from the dismissal of his habeas corpus proceeding, petitioner was sentenced to terms of imprisonment for several other crimes, the greatest of which was a term of imprisonment of from 12 Vz to 25 years on his conviction of robbery in the first degree. As a result, petitioner is not entitled to the immediate release he now seeks,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Gonzalez v. DalsheimAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. GibsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

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