People ex rel. Spinney v. Fay
| Decision Date | 29 March 1965 |
| Citation | 258 N.Y.S.2d 637,23 A.D.2d 701 |
| Parties | The PEOPLE of the State of New York ex rel. Arthur SPINNEY, Relator-Appellant, v. Edward M. FAY, Warden, Green Haven Prison, Respondent. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Wallace M. Germain,Richmond Hill, for appellant.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., New York City, for the People.
In a habeas corpus proceeding, relator appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County, entered January 25, 1963, which dismissed the writ and remanded him to the custody of respondent. Order affirmed, without costs (cf. Matter of Hines v. State Bd. of Parole, 293 N.Y. 254, 257, 56 N.E.2d 572; People ex rel. Natoli v. Lewis, 287 N.Y. 478, 481, 41 N.E.2d 62; People ex rel. Di Lorenzo v. Fay, 13 A.D.2d 1034, 217 N.Y.S.2d 347; Matter of Mummiami v. New York State Bd. of Parole, 5 A.D.2d 923, 171 N.Y.S.2d 1018, cert. den. 362 U.S. 953, 80 S.Ct. 865, 4 L.Ed.2d 870).
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