PEOPLE EX REL. ORTIZ v. COMMISSIONER OF NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION


93 N.Y.2d 959 (1999)

716 N.E.2d 175

694 N.Y.S.2d 340

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. JOSE ORTIZ, Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lois A. White, Shrub Oak, for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County, New York City (Patrick J. Hynes and Alan Gadlin of counsel), for respondents.

Before: Chief Judge KAYE and Judges BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK, WESLEY and ROSENBLATT concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.

On February 24 and March 8, 1995, relator was arraigned on two accusatory instruments containing numerous charges, some of which were corroborated by nonhearsay allegations. Each instrument included at least one uncorroborated charge. Relator instituted two habeas corpus petitions, seeking release pursuant...

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