Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Robert Lee Moten, Appellant, against Francis C. Shaw, as Director of Dannemora State Hospital, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1953-07-02
Citations: 282 A.D. 811
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Robert Lee Moten, Appellant, against Francis C. Shaw, as Director of Dannemora State Hospital, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 282
Pages: 811–812

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Robert Lee Moten, Appellant, against Francis C. Shaw, as Director of Dannemora State Hospital, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered in Clinton County on November 18, 1952, dismissing a writ of habeas corpus. Following a conviction relator was adjudicated to be a mental defective and was committed to the Institution for Male Defective Delinquents at Napanoch, New York, pursuant to the provision of section 438 of the Correction Law. Thereafter, in accordance with the terms of section 383 of the Correction Law, relator was transferred to Dannemora State Hospital. Relator seeks his release from Dannemora State Hospital on the ground that his sentence has expired and that he is being held after the expiration of his term. However, relator was not sentenced. He was committed to Napanoeh for an indefinite term, and was lawfully transferred to Dannemora State Hospital in accordance with the terms of the Correction Law. There is no basis for the assertion that relator is being held " after expiration of his term ". Order unanimously affirmed. Present — Poster, P. J., Bergan, Coon, Halpern and Imrie, JJ.