Case Name: In the Matter of Keith Todd, Petitioner, v. Joseph A. Grosso, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-10-30
Citations: 276 A.D.2d 797
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Keith Todd, Petitioner, v Joseph A. Grosso, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 276
Pages: 797–797

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Keith Todd, Petitioner, v Joseph A. Grosso, Respondent.
[715 NYS2d 159]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, in the nature of mandamus, in effect, to vacate the respondent's denial of the petitioner's motion to dismiss a criminal action pending against him under Queens County Indictment No. 2420/99, and application for poor person relief.
Ordered that the application for poor person relief is granted; and it is further,
Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
The extraordinary remedy of mandamus will lie only to compel the performance of a ministerial act, and only when there exists a clear legal right to the relief sought (see, Matter of Legal Aid Socy. v Scheinman, 53 NY2d 12, 16). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Ritter, J. P., Santucci, H. Miller and Feuerstein, JJ., concur.