Case Name: In the Matter of John Negron, Petitioner, v. The People of the State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-07-15
Citations: 296 A.D.2d 501
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of John Negron, Petitioner, v The People of the State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 296
Pages: 501–502

Head Matter:
In the Matter of John Negron, Petitioner, v The People of the State of New York, Respondent.
[745 NYS2d 489]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition, inter alia, to prohibit the retrial of the petitioner in an underlying criminal action entitled People v Negron, pending in the Supreme Court, Kings County, under Kings County Indictment No. 15683/96, and application for poor person relief.
Upon the papers filed in support of the proceeding and the application and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is
Ordered that the application for poor person relief is granted to the extent that the filing fee imposed by CPLR 8022 (b) is waived, and the application is otherwise denied; and it is further,
Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
"Because of its extraordinary nature, prohibition is available only where there is a clear legal right, and then only when a court — in cases where judicial authority is challenged — acts or threatens to. act either without jurisdiction or in excess of its authorized powers" (Matter of Holtzman v Goldman, 71 NY2d 564, 569; see, Matter of Rush v Mordue, 68 NY2d 348, 352). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Santucci, J.P., Feuerstein, Goldstein and H. Miller, JJ., concur.