People ex rel. Mendolia v. Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility
People ex rel. Mendolia v. Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility
47 N.Y.2d 779; 417 N.Y.S.2d 932; 391 N.E.2d 1013; 1979 N.Y. LEXIS 2054
People ex rel. Mendolia v. Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility
Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order reversed, without costs, and the petition dismissed upon the ground that the remedy of habeas corpus is not available since relator will not be entitled to immediate release, in view of counsel’s advice that relator is now incarcerated as the result of a new charge (People ex rel. Lane v
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler and Fuchsberg.
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