| People ex rel. Orta v Artus |
| 2015 NY Slip Op 03701 [128 AD3d 1405] |
| May 1, 2015 |
| Appellate Division, Fourth Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York ex rel. Ricky Orta, Appellant, v Dale Artus, Superintendent, Wende Correctional Facility, Respondent. |
Michael J. Stachowski, P.C., Buffalo (Michael J. Stachowski of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.
Appeal from a judgment (denominated order) of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Christopher J. Burns, J.), entered June 12, 2013 in a habeas corpus proceeding. The judgment, insofar as appealed from, denied the petition.
It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Petitioner commenced this proceeding seeking a writ of habeas
corpus on the ground that Supreme Court lacked jurisdiction to resentence him on his
conviction of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (Penal Law
§ 265.03 [former (2)]), because of a long and unreasonable delay. Petitioner
was convicted on March 12, 2002 following a jury trial of murder in the second degree
(§ 125.25 [1]) and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree
(People v Orta, 12 AD3d
1147, 1147 [2004], lv denied 4 NY3d 801 [2005]). Supreme Court (Mark,
J.) resentenced petitioner on May 14, 2002 on the criminal possession of a weapon count
to a five-year determinate term of imprisonment with 2
We conclude that "[h]abeas corpus relief is unavailable because petitioner's contention in support of the petition could have been, or [was], raised on direct appeal or by a motion pursuant to CPL article 440" (People ex rel. Peoples v New York State Dept. of Corr. Servs., 117 AD3d 1486, 1487 [2014], lv denied 23 NY3d 909 [2014] [internal quotation marks omitted]). Indeed, the relief petitioner sought pursuant to CPL 440.20 (1) was granted. In any event, habeas corpus relief is not available because petitioner is serving a sentence on the murder count, and thus would not be entitled to immediate release even in the event that his instant motion had merit (see People ex rel. Lewis v Graham, 96 AD3d 1423, 1423 [2012], lv denied 19 NY3d 813 [2012]). Present—Scudder, P.J., Smith, Sconiers, Whalen and DeJoseph, JJ.