PEOPLE EX REL. LEWIS v. SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OF ROCKLAND


278 A.D.2d 261 (2000)

717 N.Y.S.2d 902

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. ROBERT S. LEWIS, on Behalf of BERNARDO MERCADO, Petitioner, v. SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OF ROCKLAND, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided December 4, 2000.


Adjudged that the writ is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.

The petitioner's contention that he was entitled to a de novo hearing pursuant to Family Court Act § 455 (2) before he could be incarcerated upon a determination that he was in contempt of a prior order of the same court is without merit (see, People ex rel. Foote v Stancari, 179 A.D.2d 835). Moreover, the...

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