Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Fred Schmidt, Appellant, v. J. Edwin La Vallee, as Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1976-06-03
Citations: 39 N.Y.2d 886
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Fred Schmidt, Appellant, v J. Edwin La Vallee, as Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 39
Pages: 886–887

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Fred Schmidt, Appellant, v J. Edwin La Vallee, as Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Argued April 30, 1976;
decided June 3, 1976
David F. Kunz for appellant.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Frederick R. Walsh and Jean M. Coon of counsel) for respondent.

Opinion:
Memorandum. Appeal dismissed as moot, without costs.
Since relator has received a parole eligibility hearing it is now academic that he did not receive, as he should have, a prompt final parole revocation hearing (see Matter of Beattie v New York State Bd. of Parole, 39 NY2d 445). Hence, the appeal is dismissed as moot. It is not necessary to consider the appropriateness of a habeas corpus proceeding to obtain a parole revocation hearing, because, in any event, relator was lawfully detained on the subsequent criminal charge. This reasoning would result in a dismissal not only of the appeal but also of the proceeding itself, a matter of no practical significance at this time.
Appeal dismissed, without costs, in a memorandum.