PEOPLE EX REL. PUMA v. WARDEN


76 Misc.2d 336 (1973)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Vito Puma, Petitioner, v. Warden, Queens House of Detention for Men, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Queens County.

December 13, 1973


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vito Puma, petitioner in person. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Carl Sacks of counsel), for respondent.


WILLIAM C. BRENNAN, J.

Petitioner was indicted for burglary in the third degree and related crimes. Incarcerated in the Queens House of Detention for Men, he has brought a writ of habeas corpus to challenge the legality of the detention.

On September 27, 1973, while on parole from both State and Federal prison sentences, petitioner was arrested for burglary, criminal mischief, possession of burglar's tools and attempted grand larceny. Bail was...

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