Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Carl A. Hall, Appellant, v. J. Leland Casscles, as Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Facility, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1976-03-30
Citations: 38 N.Y.2d 1006
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Carl A. Hall, Appellant, v J. Leland Casscles, as Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 38
Pages: 1006–1006

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Carl A. Hall, Appellant, v J. Leland Casscles, as Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Submitted March 1, 22, 1976;
decided March 30, 1976
Carl Hall, pro se, and James S. Carroll, III, for Carl Hall, appellant.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Frederick R. Walsh and Jean M. Coon of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Motion to dismiss the appeal taken as of right granted and appeal dismissed, without costs, upon the ground that the appeal is moot since relator is no longer in the custody of New York State authorities.
Motion for leave to appeal and for a stay dismissed for mootness.