Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. George Malinowski, Appellant, v. J. Leland Casscles, as Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1976-03-25
Citations: 38 N.Y.2d 982
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. George Malinowski, Appellant, v J. Leland Casscles, as Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 38
Pages: 982–982

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. George Malinowski, Appellant, v J. Leland Casscles, as Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents.
Submitted February 23, 1976;
decided March 25, 1976
Lanny E. Walter for motion.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General, opposed.

Opinion:
On the court's own motion, appeal transferred to the Appellate Division, Third Department, without costs. A direct appeal does not lie where questions other than the constitutional validity of. a statutory provision are involved (NY Const, art VI, § 5, subd b; CPLR 5601, subd [b], par 2; Matter of Bartsch v State of New York, 33 NY2d 938). In this case there is at least a procedural question as to whether habeas corpus is an available or appropriate remedy.
Motion for a preference dismissed as academic.