| People ex rel. Garcia v Smith |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 05237 [173 AD3d 1570] |
| June 27, 2019 |
| Appellate Division, Third Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York ex rel. Edward Garcia,
Appellant, v Brandon J. Smith, as Superintendent of Greene Correctional Facility, Respondent. |
Edward Garcia, Jamaica, appellant pro se.
Letitia James, Attorney General, Albany (Martin A. Hotvet of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Elliott III, J.), entered August 17, 2017, in Greene County, which dismissed petitioner's application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 70, without a hearing.
In July 2016, petitioner was sentenced to 3
Inasmuch as petitioner has been released to parole supervision during the pendency of this appeal, the instant proceeding—wherein petitioner seeks the immediate release from custody—is moot (see People ex rel. Kim v Smith, 156 AD3d 1100, 1101 [2017]; People ex rel. Knoblauch v Murray, 298 AD2d 716, 717 [2002], lv denied 99 NY2d 506 [2003]). In any event, "it is well settled that habeas corpus relief is not available where, as in this case, the claims advanced by the petitioner could have been raised in a direct appeal or a motion to vacate the conviction pursuant to CPL article 440" (People ex rel. Knoblauch v Murray, 298 AD2d at 717; see People ex rel. McCray v LaClair, 161 AD3d 1490, 1491 [2018], lv dismissed and denied 32 NY3d 1143 [2019]).
Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Clark, Mulvey and Devine, JJ., concur. Ordered that the appeal is dismissed, as moot, without costs.