Case Name: In the Matter of Joseph Napoli, Petitioner
Court: County Court of New York, Nassau County
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1976-02-06
Citations: 85 Misc. 2d 752
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Joseph Napoli, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 85
Pages: 752–753

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Joseph Napoli, Petitioner.
County Court, Nassau County,
February 6, 1976
Joseph Napoli, petitioner pro se. Denis Dillon, District Attorney, for County of Nassau.

Opinion:
John S. Lockman, J.
Petitioner, a potential prosecution witness in the trial of the defendant, Herman Pobliner, moves by way of a pro se application to obtain a witness fee for the time spent in Nassau County pursuant to CPL 620.80.
The petitioner is currently a prisoner who has been transported from the Attica Correctional Facility, New York State Department of Correctional Services to the Nassau County Correctional Center for purposes of the above-mentioned trial. CPL article 620 upon which the petitioner relies for the relief requested is inapplicable. The petitioner's attendance as a witness in said trial was obtained pursuant to CPL article 630. Since the petitioner currently is a prisoner subject to the rules and regulations of the Department of Correctional Services, there is no provision under the current law to provide for fees to a witness confined in institutions within this State.
Accordingly, the petitioner's motion is denied in all respects.