Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Rocco Cuccio, Appellant, v. Stephen Racette, as Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-04-28
Citations: 138 A.D.3d 1364
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Rocco Cuccio, Appellant, v Stephen Racette, as Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Judges: McCarthy, J.P., Egan Jr., Rose and Devine, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 138
Pages: 1364–1365

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Rocco Cuccio, Appellant, v Stephen Racette, as Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility, Respondent.
[28 NYS3d 924]

Opinion:
Clark, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Feldstein, J.), entered August 22, 2014 in Clinton County, which dismissed petitioner's application for a writ of habeas corpus, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 70, without a hearing.
In October 2001, petitioner was sentenced to 15 years in prison upon his conviction of manslaughter in the first degree. The sentence did not include the required period of postrelease supervision and, as a result, petitioner was resentenced pursuant to Penal Law § 70.85 to the originally imposed determinate sentence without any period of postrelease supervision. Petitioner's conditional release date was March 4, 2014. He, however, declined conditional release because he would be subject to certain conditions imposed by the Board of Parole until he reached the maximum expiration date of his sentence. Instead, he brought this application pursuant to CPLR article 70 for a writ of habeas corpus. Following joinder of issue, Supreme Court dismissed the application without a hearing and this appeal ensued.
Respondent has advised this Court that petitioner was conditionally released from custody in November 2014. In view of this, habeas corpus relief is no longer available and the appeal must be dismissed as moot (see People ex rel. Barnes v Williams, 52 AD3d 1228, 1228 [2008]; People ex rel. Graham v New York State Dept. of Corrections, 280 AD2d 768, 768 [2001]).
McCarthy, J.P., Egan Jr., Rose and Devine, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the appeal is dismissed, as moot, without costs.