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People ex Rel. Fitzgerald v. Casscles

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 12, 1971
271 N.E.2d 233 (N.Y. 1971)

Opinion

Argued April 20, 1971

Decided May 12, 1971

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, JOSEPH F. HAWKINS, J.

Alfred L. Jacobsen, III for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General ( Hillel Hoffman and Samuel A. Hirshowitz of counsel), for respondent.



Order affirmed, without costs, in the following memorandum: The order appealed from should be affirmed on the sole ground that the relator is not entitled to a writ of habeas corpus since the relief requested would not result in his discharge from prison. (See, e.g., People ex rel. Dellavalle v. McGinnis, 21 N.Y.2d 795; People ex rel. Reynolds v. Martin, 3 N.Y.2d 217, 223.) The affirmance is, however, without prejudice to the relator's institution of an appropriate proceeding to have the court ascertain the time he spent in "custody" at Kings Park Hospital and have it credit such time toward his sentence.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON.


Summaries of

People ex Rel. Fitzgerald v. Casscles

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 12, 1971
271 N.E.2d 233 (N.Y. 1971)
Case details for

People ex Rel. Fitzgerald v. Casscles

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. EUGENE FITZGERALD, Appellant…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 12, 1971

Citations

271 N.E.2d 233 (N.Y. 1971)
271 N.E.2d 233
322 N.Y.S.2d 256

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