Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Brother R. Smallwood-El, Appellant, v. C. J. Scully, as Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional Facility, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1985-11-12
Citations: 114 A.D.2d 919
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Brother R. Smallwood-El, Appellant, v C. J. Scully, as Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 114
Pages: 919–920

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Brother R. Smallwood-El, Appellant, v C. J. Scully, as Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional Facility, Respondent.

Opinion:
—In a habeas corpus proceeding, petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (King, J.), entered May 30,1984, which dismissed the proceeding.
Judgment affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Petitioner was convicted of burglary in the second degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the second degree, and possession of burglary tools and sentenced, inter alia, to imprisonment for a term of 5 to 10 years. At the time petitioner commenced this proceeding he had an appeal from the judgment of conviction pending but not perfected.
Petitioner attempts in the instant proceeding to challenge his conviction on the ground that the use of a religiously offensive name at his trial violated his 1st Amendment rights and rendered the judgment void.
Habeas corpus is not the proper remedy for attacking the judgment of conviction (People ex rel. Sales v LeFevre, 93 AD2d 945). Thompson, J. P., Bracken, O'Connor and Weinstein, JJ., concur.