Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Robert Thomas Smith, Appellant, v. J. Edwin La Vallee, as Warden of Auburn State Prison, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1968-04-18
Citations: 21 N.Y.2d 1037
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Robert Thomas Smith, Appellant, v. J. Edwin La Vallee, as Warden of Auburn State Prison, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 21
Pages: 1037–1037

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Robert Thomas Smith, Appellant, v. J. Edwin La Vallee, as Warden of Auburn State Prison, Respondent.
Submitted April 1, 1968;
decided April 18, 1968.
Paul Magill for motion.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Ruth Kessler Toch, William S. Elder, Jr., and Robert A. Contiguglia of counsel), opposed.

Opinion:
Motion denied without prejudice to a further application for a writ of habeas corpus in connection with the constitutionality of section 2189-a of the Penal Law (see People v. Bailey, 21 N Y 2d 588).