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People ex rel. Burns v. Mellas

8 N.Y.3d 857 Court N.Y. Decision date 2007-02-15 English

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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Kermit Burns, Appellant, v Chris Mellas, as Superintendent of Watertown Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents.
Submitted December 6, 2006;
decided February 15, 2007

Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon the ground that relator has been released from custody and, therefore, his liberty is no longer restrained to such a degree as to entitle him to the extraordinary writ of habeas corpus (see People ex rel. Wilder v Markley, 26 NY2d 648 [1970]).

Judge Jones taking no part.