People ex rel. Bishal v. Murphy

• Decision Date: 09 June 1966
• Parties: , 218 N.E.2d 702 The PEOPLE, etc., ex rel. Edward H. BISHAL, Respondent, v. Robert E. MURPHY, Warden, Auburn Prison, Respondent; The People of the State of New York, Appellant.
• Court: New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

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The PEOPLE, etc., ex rel. Edward H. BISHAL, Respondent, v. Robert E. MURPHY, Warden, Auburn Prison, Respondent; The

People of the State of New York, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

June 9, 1966.

Appeal from Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, 23 A.D.2d 970, 260 N.Y.S.2d 429.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. (Ruth Kessler Toch, Acting Sol. Gen., and Anthony J. Lokot, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for appellant.

The People of the State of New York appealed from an order of the Cayuga County Court, Gerald S. Hewitt, J., sustaining writ of habeas corpus, following a hearing, and ordering warden to discharge relator from custody. The People of the State of New York appealed to the Court of Appeals.

Order reversed and the writ of habeas corpus dismissed (see, People ex rel. Coates v. Martin, 8 A.D.2d 688, 184 N.Y.S.2d 443).

All concur.