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Henderson v. Reid

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 26, 1981
79 A.D.2d 1019 (N.Y. App. Div. 1981)

Summary

In Henderson v. Reid (79 A.D.2d 1019, supra), the petitioner Henderson was released on bail following reversal of a Broome County conviction and the ordering of a new trial.

Summary of this case from Matter of Hawkins v. Coughlin

Opinion

January 26, 1981


In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination as to the amount of time to be credited against a sentence imposed upon the petitioner on June 11, 1979 in Oneida County, he appeals from a judgment of Supreme Court, Dutchess County, dated December 26, 1979, which dismissed his petition. Judgment reversed, without costs or disbursements, petition reinstated and matter remanded to the Supreme Court, Dutchess County, for a hearing and a recomputation of credit in accord herewith. Petitioner is presently serving time in a State correctional facility under an Oneida County conviction. On February 26, 1979, while on bail from the Wallkill Correctional Facility where he was serving time under prior Delaware and Broome County convictions, he was arrested in Oneida County. Prior to his release on bail the Broome County conviction had been reversed and a new trial ordered. During the bail period, and prior to his Oneida County arrest, the Delaware County conviction was reversed and the indictment dismissed. On March 1, 1979, three days after the Oneida arrest, the Broome County charge was dismissed. Consequently, though on bail, he was in constructive custody of the law under the Broome County conviction at the time of his Oneida County arrest (see Netograph Mfg. Co. v. Scrugham, 197 N.Y. 377; Matter of Orseck v Richards, 260 App. Div. 613). The last sentence of subdivision 3 of section 70.30 Penal of the Penal Law reads, in relevant part: "In any case where a person has been in custody due to a charge that culminated in a dismissal or an acquittal, the amount of time that would have been credited against a sentence for such charge, had one been imposed, shall be credited against any sentence that is based on a charge for which a warrant or commitment was lodged during the pendency of such custody." Petitioner, therefore, is entitled to credit against his Oneida County sentence for the period of time served on the Broome County conviction under which custody was still "pending" at the time of his Oneida County arrest. Hopkins, J.P., Titone, Mangano and Rabin, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Henderson v. Reid

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 26, 1981
79 A.D.2d 1019 (N.Y. App. Div. 1981)

In Henderson v. Reid (79 A.D.2d 1019, supra), the petitioner Henderson was released on bail following reversal of a Broome County conviction and the ordering of a new trial.

Summary of this case from Matter of Hawkins v. Coughlin
Case details for

Henderson v. Reid

Case Details

Full title:GARY HENDERSON, Appellant, v. THEODORE REID, as Superintendent of the…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jan 26, 1981

Citations

79 A.D.2d 1019 (N.Y. App. Div. 1981)

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