Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Nathan Baxter, Appellant, v. James Berbary, as Superintendent of Collins Correctional Facility, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-05-03
Citations: 294 A.D.2d 932
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Nathan Baxter, Appellant, v James Berbary, as Superintendent of Collins Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 294
Pages: 932–933

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Nathan Baxter, Appellant, v James Berbary, as Superintendent of Collins Correctional Facility, Respondent.
[741 NYS2d 777]

Opinion:
—Appeal from a judgment (denominated order) of Supreme Court, Erie County (O'Donnell, J.), entered February 27, 2001, which dismissed the petition seeking a writ of habeas corpus.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Supreme Court properly dismissed the petition seeking a writ of habeas corpus. The issue raised in the petition could have been raised on direct appeal or by a motion pursuant to CPL article 440 (see People ex rel. Mancuso v Herbert, 256 AD2d 1158, 1159, lv denied 93 NY2d 809). Further, habeas corpus is not an available remedy because the issue raised by petitioner, even if meritorious, would entitle him to a new reconstruction hearing or a new trial, not release from custody (see People ex rel. Taylor v Commissioner of Correction, 100 AD2d 525). Present—Pigott, Jr., P.J., Green, Hurlbutt, Burns and Lawton, JJ.