Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. David Cook, Appellant, v. Harold J. Smith, as Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1977-01-13
Citations: 40 N.Y.2d 1088
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. David Cook, Appellant, v Harold J. Smith, as Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 40
Pages: 1088–1088

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. David Cook, Appellant, v Harold J. Smith, as Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Submitted December 27, 1976;
decided January 13, 1977

Opinion:
Motion to dismiss the appeal herein granted and the appeal dismissed, without costs, upon the ground that relator has been released on parole and, therefore, his liberty is no longer ' restrained to such a degree as to entitle him to the extraordinary writ of habeas corpus (People ex rel. Wilder v Markley, 26 NY2d 648).