People ex rel. Pearson v. Garvin

In a habeas corpus proceeding, the petitioner appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order and judgment (one paper) of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Peter C. Patsalos, J.), dated January 28, 1994, as denied the petition.

*691Ordered that the order and judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

Although it is well settled that a habeas corpus proceeding is a procedural tool " ’of * * * great flexibility and vague scope’ ” (People ex rel. Keitt v McMann, 18 NY2d 257, 263, quoting Third Preliminary Report of Advisory Committee on Practice and…