Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Peter Frank Vivona, Appellant, against Joseph P. Conboy, as Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Institution, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1958-12-30
Citations: 7 A.D.2d 810
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Peter Frank Vivona, Appellant, against Joseph P. Conboy, as Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Institution, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 810–811

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Peter Frank Vivona, Appellant, against Joseph P. Conboy, as Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Institution, Respondent.

Opinion:
Relator-appellant appeals from an order dated May 2, 1958, dismissing a writ of habeas corpus, in which relator contends he was unlawfully detained beyond the term of his sentence. Relator-appellant pleaded guilty in Queens County Court to the crime of attempted grand larceny in the second degree, the maximum prison sentence for a first offender being two and one-half years. However, the relator-appellant, because of his age, was sentenced to Elmira Reception Center for an indefinite term under article 3-A of the Correction Law and as such he received a " reformatory sentence ". Under section 2184-a of the Penal Law, the term of a person so sentenced for a felony shall not exceed five years, subject to sooner termination by the Board of Parole, and in this ease although the relator-appellant has served more than two and one-half years, he is not being illegally detained. (See People ex rel. Ward v. Jackson, 286 App. Div. 942, affd. 3 N Y 2d 1020.) Order affirmed, without costs. Foster, P. J., Bergan, Gibson and Herlihy, JJ., concur.