People Ex Rel. Fitzgerald v. Casscles

New York Court of Appeals
People Ex Rel. Fitzgerald v. Casscles, 28 N.Y.2d 866 (N.Y. 1971)
271 N.E.2d 233; 322 N.Y.S.2d 256; 1971 N.Y. LEXIS 1326

People Ex Rel. Fitzgerald v. Casscles

Opinion

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 Hibson.

Reference

Full Case Name
The People of the State of New York Ex Rel. Eugene Fitzgerald, Appellant, v. John L. Casscles, as Warden of Sing Sing Prison, Respondent
Cited By
4 cases
Status
Published