People ex rel. McCullough v. New York State Division of Parole

82 A.D.3d 1640, 919 N.Y.2d 424

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: March 25, 2011
• Status: Published

Opinion

Memorandum: Petitioner commenced this proceeding seeking a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he allegedly did not receive timely notice of the final parole revocation hearing pursuant to Executive Law § 259-i (3) (f) (iii), nor did he receive effective assistance of counsel at the final hearing. We conclude that Supreme Court properly denied the petition. First, the record establishes that petitioner waived any issues concerning the allegedly untimely notice of the final parole revocation hearing at the time of that hearing (see People ex rel. Webster v Travis, 277 AD2d 546 [2000]; People ex rel. Medina v Superintendent, 101 AD2d 871 [1984]). Second, habeas corpus relief is not available based on petitioner’s alleged denial of effective assistance of counsel at the final parole revocation hearing because he would not be entitled to immediate release from incarceration on that ground (see People ex rel. Shannon v Khahaifa, 74 AD3d 1867 [2010], lv dismissed 15 NY3d 868 [2010]). We note that, although this Court has the power to convert this proceeding into one pursuant to CPLR article 78, we deem such conversion to be inappropriate on the record before us (see id. at 1867-1868). Present — Scudder, PJ., Centra, Garni, Sconiers and Green, JJ.