Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Anthony Ernest Russo, Appellant, against J. Vernel Jackson, as Warden of Clinton Prison, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1958-11-10
Citations: 7 A.D.2d 672
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Anthony Ernest Russo, Appellant, against J. Vernel Jackson, as Warden of Clinton Prison, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 672–672

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

Opinion:
Appeal from an order of a Special Term, County Court, Clinton County, which dismissed a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant was indicted by the Grand Jury of Queens County on January 17, 1955 on two counts of grand larceny, alleging the date of the crimes as December 1, 1954. At the end of the trial the court dismissed the first count and granted the District Attorney's motion over defendant's objection to amend the date of crime charged in the second count to read January 3, 1955 instead of December 1, 1954. The Clinton County Special Term has dismissed a writ of habeas corpus. The trial court had the legal power to amend the indictment in respect of date of the crime. (Code Crim. Pro., § 293.) Any error in law or fact in granting such a motion should have been reviewed by appeal from the judgment of conviction. There is no such absence of jurisdiction on tMs record in respect of such amendment as to have permitted its review by writ of habeas- corpus. Order dismissing writ unanimously affirmed. Present — Foster, P. J., Bergan, Gibson, Herlihy and Reynolds, JJ.