Case Name: In the Matter of Louis Chaverra, Petitioner, v. Ronald D. Hollie, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-01-14
Citations: 290 A.D.2d 439
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Louis Chaverra, Petitioner, v Ronald D. Hollie, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 290
Pages: 439–440

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Louis Chaverra, Petitioner, v Ronald D. Hollie, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Respondent.
[736 NYS2d 243]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to compel the respondent, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, to decide the petitioner's pretrial motion to dismiss the indictment in an action entitled People v Chaverra, which was pending under Queens County Indictment No. 11190/99, and application by the petitioner to prosecute the proceeding as a poor person.
Ordered that the application is granted to the extent that the filing fee imposed by CPLR 8022 (b) is waived, and the application is otherwise denied as academic; and it is further,
Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements.
In the underlying case, by judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered November 8, 2001, the petitioner was convicted, inter alia, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and sentence was imposed. Accordingly, the proceeding is dismissed as academic. Santucci, J.P., Adams, Crane and Cozier, JJ., concur.