Brown v. Marrero

293 A.D.2d 674, 740 N.Y.S.2d 649, 2002 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3907

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Brown v. Marrero, 293 A.D.2d 674, 740 N.Y.S.2d 649, 2002 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3907 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2002).

Opinion

—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition, inter alia, to prohibit the respondents from proceeding with the prosecution of a criminal action entitled People v Brown, pending in the Supreme Court, Kings County, under Indictment No. 9020/2001, and application for poor person relief.

Ordered that the application for poor person relief is granted to the extent that the filing fee imposed by CPLR 8002 (b) is waived and the application is otherwise denied as academic; and it is further,

[675]*675Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.

“Because of its extraordinary nature, prohibition is available only where there is a clear legal right, and then only when a court—in cases where judicial authority is challenged—acts or threatens to act either without jurisdiction or in excess of its authorized powers” (Matter of Holtzman v Goldman, 71 NY2d 564, 569; see Matter of Rush v Mordue, 68 NY2d 348, 352). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Ritter, J.P., Feuerstein, Luciano and Adams, JJ., concur.

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Related

Rush v. Mordue
502 N.E.2d 170 (New York Court of Appeals, 1986)
Holtzman v. Goldman
523 N.E.2d 297 (New York Court of Appeals, 1988)

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