Opinion
518951
12-11-2014
The PEOPLE of the State of New York ex rel. Edward BROWN, Appellant, v. Thomas GRIFFIN, as Superintendent of Eastern Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Edward Brown, Dannemora, appellant pro se. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Frank Brady of counsel), for respondent.
Edward Brown, Dannemora, appellant pro se.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Frank Brady of counsel), for respondent.
Before: LAHTINEN, J.P., McCARTHY, GARRY, ROSE and DEVINE, JJ.
Opinion Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Gilpatric, J.), entered April 7, 2014 in Ulster County, which denied petitioner's application for a writ of habeas corpus, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 70, without a hearing.
In 2002, petitioner was sentenced to a minimum prison term of 22 years following his conviction of various crimes, including burglary in the first degree. The convictions were upheld upon direct appeal (People v. Brown, 16 A.D.3d 430, 431, 790 N.Y.S.2d 411 [2005], lv.
denied 4 N.Y.3d 852, 797 N.Y.S.2d 426, 830 N.E.2d 325 [2005] ). He commenced this CPLR article 70 proceeding seeking a writ of habeas corpus alleging that any purported waiver of his immunity before the grand jury was ineffective.
Habeas corpus relief does not lie where, as here, petitioner's argument could have been raised either in the context of a collateral motion or upon a direct appeal from the judgment of conviction (see People ex rel. Thigpen v. Cunningham, 85 A.D.3d 1512, 1513, 925 N.Y.S.2d 916 [2011], lv. denied 17 N.Y.3d 717, 2011 WL 5829092 [2011] ). Moreover, petitioner has admittedly raised this issue unsuccessfully on direct appeal and in various prior habeas corpus proceedings. Under these circumstances, and in light of the fact that the record discloses no extraordinary circumstances warranting a departure from traditional orderly procedure, Supreme Court's judgment is affirmed (see People ex rel. Brown v. Artus, 64 A.D.3d 1064, 1064, 883 N.Y.S.2d 634 [2009], lv. denied 13 N.Y.3d 709, 2009 WL 3379924 [2009] ; People ex rel. Franza v. Lape, 61 A.D.3d 1200, 877 N.Y.S.2d 733 [2009] ).
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.