Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Lester v. Scully

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

Decided March 22, 1993PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—In a habeas corpus proceeding, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Benson, J.), dated January 16, 1992, which denied the writ without a hearing.

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

The Supreme Court properly denied the petition based on the failure to set forth, inter alia, whether any appeal had been taken from any order by virtue of which the petitioner was detained (see, CPLR 7002 [c] [5]).

In any event, a writ of habeas corpus does not lie under these circumstances where the petitioner neither moved to dismiss the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People Ex Rel. Goss v. SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1987

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Rada v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

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