Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Marvin Ellis, Appellant, v. Eugene S. LeFevre, as Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1979-06-07
Citations: 70 A.D.2d 967
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Marvin Ellis, Appellant, v Eugene S. LeFevre, as Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 70
Pages: 967–967

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Marvin Ellis, Appellant, v Eugene S. LeFevre, as Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility, Respondent.

Opinion:
— Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered December 11, 1978 in Clinton County, which denied appellant's application for a writ of habeas corpus. On September 15, 1977, appellant was sentenced in New York County Supreme Court to an indeterminate term of 7 Vi to 15 years following his conviction, after trial, of manslaughter in the first degree. Appellant applied for a writ of habeas corpus in November, 1978. In his petition, appellant asserted that an appeal was then pending in the Appellate Division, First Department, from the judgment of conviction being challenged in the present proceeding. As the Court of Appeals has stated, "Departure from traditional orderly proceedings, such as appeal, should be permitted only when dictated by reason of practicality and necessity" (People ex rel. Keitt v McMann, 18 NY2d 257, 262). We find no such reason present herein, and, therefore, in view of appellant's pending appeal, the petition for a writ of habeas corpus was properly dismissed (People ex rel. Burts v Henderson, 64 AD2d 1009; People ex rel. McChesney v Draxler, 59 AD2d 952; People ex rel. Spindel v La Vallee, 33 AD2d 968). Judgment affirmed, without costs. Sweeney, J. P., Kane, Staley, Jr., Main and Mikoll, JJ., concur.