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p. 725The People of the State of New York ex rel. Joseph Peters, Also Known as Peta, Appellant, v Stephen Dalsheim, as Superintendent of Downstate Correctional Facility, Respondent. Decided September 8, 1982
Appeal transferred to the Appellate Division, Second Department, without costs, by the Court of Appeals sua sponte. A direct appeal does not lie where questions other than the constitutional validity of a statutory provision are involved (NY Const, art VI, § 3, subd b, par [2]; § 5, subd b; CPLR 5601, subd [b], par 2; Matter of Bartsch v State of New York, 33 NY2d 938 ).
Cases cited
- Bartsch v. State 33 NY2d 938 p. 725