People ex rel. Alexander S. v. Bennett

—In a habeas corpus proceeding, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Paño Z. Patsalos, J.), dated February 5, 1998, which dismissed the writ.

Ordered that the appeal is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements.

In the instant habeas corpus proceeding, the petitioner challenged the legality of his continued detention in the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Center, in Orange County, pursuant to a CPL article 730 commitment order. However, while the instant appeal was pending, the petitioner was released from the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Center. Accordingly, the appeal…