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People ex Rel. Carter v. Miller

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
May 6, 1999
261 A.D.2d 674 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

Opinion

May 6, 1999

Appeal from the Supreme Court (Donohue, J.).


Petitioner commenced this habeas corpus proceeding contending, inter alia, that he was denied due process because the original felony complaint was not dismissed before he was tried on the indictment, he was denied the right to testify before the Grand Jury and the evidence was insufficient to support the judgment of conviction. Supreme Court dismissed the petition and we affirm.

Because petitioner's claims were or could have been raised in his direct appeal or in his CPL article 440 motions, habeas corpus relief is unavailable in this case ( see, People ex rel. Moore v. Miller, 244 A.D.2d 735, lv denied 91 N.Y.2d 808). Furthermore, we find no extraordinary circumstances to warrant a departure from traditional orderly procedure. In any event, even if the issues raised by petitioner were meritorious, habeas corpus relief would be inappropriate inasmuch as he would not be entitled to immediate release ( see generally, People ex rel. Merriweather v. Miller, 243 A.D.2d 872, lv denied 91 N.Y.2d 804).

Mercure, J. P., Crew III, Yesawich Jr., Peters and Graffeo, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.


Summaries of

People ex Rel. Carter v. Miller

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
May 6, 1999
261 A.D.2d 674 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
Case details for

People ex Rel. Carter v. Miller

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. JAMES A. CARTER, Appellant v…

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

Date published: May 6, 1999

Citations

261 A.D.2d 674 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)
691 N.Y.S.2d 193

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