Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Lewis v. New York State Division of Parole

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

Decided March 24, 2009PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

— Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ralph Fabrizio, J.), entered June 4, 2007, which denied petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus and dismissed the proceeding, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Although the remedy of habeas corpus is unavailable because petitioner is no longer in custody, this proceeding is not moot because, among other things, it affects parole time credited to petitioner. Therefore, we consider the matter as a CPLR article 78 proceeding (see CPLR 103 [c]). Nevertheless, petitioner’s arguments are without merit. Regardless of any alleged indications to the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Gill v. GreeneNew York Court of Appeals · 2009

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Berman v. ArtusAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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