MATTER OF KALAMIS v. SMITH


42 N.Y.2d 191 (1977)

In the Matter of Babis Kalamis, Appellant, v. Harold J. Smith, as Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent. In the Matter of Gerard A. Collins, Appellant, v. Leon J. Vincent, as Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional Facility, Respondent. In the Matter of Richard Bush, Appellant, v. Harold J. Smith, as Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Shifflett, Nathaniel A. Barrell and Eric L. Glazer for appellant in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Frederick R. Walsh and Jean M. Coon of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Sally Mendola, William E. Hellerstein and Donald H. Zuckerman for appellant in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Joseph W. Henneberry and Samuel A. Hirshowitz of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Joseph A. Shifflett, Nathaniel A. Barrell and Eric L. Glazer for appellant in the third above-entitled proceeding.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Martin J. Siegel and Jean M. Coon of counsel), for respondent in the third above-entitled proceeding.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.


WACHTLER, J.

In these three article 78 proceedings the petitioners, who are inmates at State correctional institutions, seek credit for jail time previously spent in local detention facilities. In each case the petitioner was sentenced on one charge and then was either held in a local facility or returned to a local facility to await disposition of another charge or charges which ultimately resulted in one or...

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