Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Herbert Lewis, Appellant, v. New York State Division of Parole, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2009-03-24
Citations: 60 A.D.3d 539
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Herbert Lewis, Appellant, v New York State Division of Parole, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 60
Pages: 539–539

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Herbert Lewis, Appellant, v New York State Division of Parole, Respondent.
[874 NYS2d 806]

Opinion:
— Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ralph Fabrizio, J.), entered June 4, 2007, which denied petitioner's application for a writ of habeas corpus and dismissed the proceeding, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Although the remedy of habeas corpus is unavailable because petitioner is no longer in custody, this proceeding is not moot because, among other things, it affects parole time credited to petitioner. Therefore, we consider the matter as a CPLR article 78 proceeding (see CPLR 103 [c]). Nevertheless, petitioner's arguments are without merit. Regardless of any alleged indications to the contrary, petitioner's 1994 sentence ran consecutively to his previous sentences (see People ex rel. Gill v Greene, 12 NY3d 1 [2009]). Concur — Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Nardelli, Catterson and Moskowitz, JJ.