Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Leonard Mafera, Appellant, against J. Vernel Jackson, as Warden of Clinton Prison, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1956-12-20
Citations: 3 A.D.2d 637
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Leonard Mafera, Appellant, against J. Vernel Jackson, as Warden of Clinton Prison, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 637–638

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Leonard Mafera, Appellant, against J. Vernel Jackson, as Warden of Clinton Prison, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Special Term, Clinton County, which denied relator's application for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the court was without jurisdiction to grant the relief prayed for in the petition. Relator attacks the sufficiency of the indictment and the failure of the trial court " to dismiss, modify, amend or declare a mistrial of " the count of the indictment upon which relator was < convicted. Such contentions may not be reviewed by habeas corpus. It is noted, nevertheless, that the count of the indictment questioned properly and sufficiently charges burglary in the third degree. Order unanimously affirmed. Present—• Foster, P. J., Bergan, Coon, Halpern and Gibson, JJ.