| Matter of Larew v Fischer |
| 2010 NY Slip Op 09604 [79 AD3d 1558] |
| December 30, 2010 |
| Appellate Division, Third Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Roy A. Larew, Appellant, v Brian Fischer, as Commissioner of Correctional Services, Respondent. |
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Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, Albany (Frank Brady of counsel), for
respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Melkonian, J.), entered April 22, 2010 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner's application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent calculating the length of petitioner's sentence.
Petitioner was convicted in 1993 of attempted murder in the second degree and four counts of
burglary in the first degree. As a result, he was sentenced as an armed felony offender to 12½ to
25 years in prison for the attempted murder conviction and 8
We affirm. Insofar as this proceeding seeks to challenge respondent's computation of [*2]petitioner's prison terms, we start with the premise that Department of Correctional Service officials are conclusively bound by the contents of the commitment papers (see Matter of Ramos v Goord, 58 AD3d 921, 922 [2009]; Matter of LaRocco v Goord, 43 AD3d 500, 501 [2007]). In any event, we note that both the amended commitment order issued by County Court and respondent's resulting computation were consistent with this Court's decision modifying petitioner's sentence (People v Larew, 11 AD3d at 729).
To the extent that petitioner argues that the amended commitment order is invalid because it was not signed by a judge or issued in his presence, we note that this claim is not cognizable in a CPLR article 78 proceeding (see generally Matter of Gray v Goord, 37 AD3d 904, 905 [2007]; Matter of Caroselli v Goord, 269 AD2d 706, 706-707 [2000], lv denied 95 NY2d 754 [2000]).
Peters, J.P., Spain, Malone Jr., Kavanagh and Garry, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.