Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Kenneth Goss, Appellant, v. Harold J. Smith, as Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1987-01-15
Citations: 69 N.Y.2d 727
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Kenneth Goss, Appellant, v Harold J. Smith, as Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 69
Pages: 727–729

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Kenneth Goss, Appellant, v Harold J. Smith, as Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Decided January 15, 1987
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Daniel J. Weinstein and Norman P. Effman for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Michael S. Buskus, O. Peter Sherwood and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.4), order affirmed, without costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate' Division only insofar as it concludes that habeas corpus does not lie (116 AD2d 968).
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa.