Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Flemming v. Rock

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

Decided October 17, 2013Published

1Opinion of the Court

*534Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Larry Stephen, J.), entered January 24, 2012, which denied petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus and dismissed the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The petition was improperly brought in a county other than the county of incarceration (see People ex rel. Harris v Conway, 48 AD3d 353 [1st Dept 2008], appeal dismissed, lv denied 10 NY3d 884 [2008]). Furthermore, to the extent the petition raises claims that could have been raised on direct appeal or in a CPL article 440 motion, habeas corpus relief is not available (People ex…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People ex. rel. Grant v. ScullyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  2. People ex rel. Ragland v. BellnierAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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