PEOPLE EX REL. STRIAR v. FAY


14 Misc.2d 231 (1958)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Bernard Striar, Relator, v. Edward M. Fay, as Warden of Green Haven Prison, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Dutchess County.

October 16, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Striar, relator in person.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Paxton Blair and Manuel T. Murcia of counsel), for respondent.


ARTHUR D. BRENNAN, J.

In this habeas corpus proceeding, the relator seeks his release from prison contending that the term of his sentence has expired as a matter of law and that he is now illegally detained.

On February 4, 1949, the relator was sentenced to an indeterminate term of 5 to 10 years. He was received at Sing Sing Prison on February 8, 1949 with a jail time credit allowance of 231 days. On May 22, 1951, he was transferred to Great...

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