People ex rel. Allen v. Maribel

In a habeas corpus proceeding, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Rienzi, J.), dated December 8, 2011, which, without a hearing, denied the petition and, in effect, dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

During the course of a pending criminal action against the petitioner on the charge of murder in the second degree, the petitioner commenced this proceeding pro se, seeking a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that preindictment delay in the commencement of the prosecution violated his…