SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
895
KAH 14-01643
PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, PERADOTTO, AND CARNI, JJ.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK EX REL.
JUNIOR COLLINS, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,
V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND
COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.
WYOMING COUNTY-ATTICA LEGAL AID BUREAU, INC., WARSAW (NORMAN P. EFFMAN
OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT.
Appeal from a judgment (denominated order) of the Supreme Court,
Wyoming County (Michael M. Mohun, A.J.), dated May 12, 2014 in a
habeas corpus proceeding. The judgment 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, contending that he was improperly sentenced as a
persistent violent felony offender. We conclude that Supreme Court
properly denied the petition. “Habeas corpus relief is unavailable
where[, as here,] a claim could have been raised on direct appeal or
in a CPL article 440 motion” (People ex rel. Tislon v Rock, 84 AD3d
1606, 1607, lv denied 17 NY3d 712; see Matter of Caroselli v Goord,
269 AD2d 706, 706, lv denied 95 NY2d 754). Indeed, we note that
petitioner’s contention was in fact raised and rejected on a prior CPL
article 440 motion.
Entered: October 2, 2015 Frances E. Cafarell
Clerk of the Court