New York Court of Appeals, 1979

People ex rel. Higgs v. Superintendent, Arthur Kill Correctional Facility

People ex rel. Higgs v. Superintendent, Arthur Kill Correctional Facility
New York Court of Appeals · Decided February 8, 1979
46 N.Y.2d 884; 387 N.E.2d 621; 414 N.Y.S.2d 689; 1979 N.Y. LEXIS 1831

People ex rel. Higgs v. Superintendent, Arthur Kill Correctional Facility

Opinion of the Court

Appeal dismissed, without costs, on the ground that relator has been released on parole and, therefore, his liberty is no longer restrained to such a degree as to entitle him to the extraordinary writ of habeas corpus (People ex rel. Wilder v Markley, 26 NY2d 648).

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