Herrera v. Kron

254 A.D.2d 488, 679 N.Y.S.2d 833, 1998 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11292

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Herrera v. Kron, 254 A.D.2d 488, 679 N.Y.S.2d 833, 1998 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11292 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1998).

Opinion

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition, inter alia, to preclude the respondents from prosecuting the petitioner in a criminal proceeding entitled People v Herrera, pending in the Supreme Court, Queens County, under Indictment No. 11342/ 96, and application by the petitioner for leave to prosecute the proceeding as a poor person.

Motion by the respondent Barry Kron to dismiss the proceeding.

Ordered that the application for poor person relief is granted to the extent that the filing fee imposed by CPLR 8022 (b) is waived, and the application is otherwise denied as academic; and it is further,

Ordered that the motion is granted; and it is further,

Adjudged 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. Bracken, J. P., Miller, O’Brien and Santucci, JJ., concur.

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

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