People ex rel. Seda v. Hansell

People ex rel. Seda v Hansell (2018 NY Slip Op 00430) People ex rel. Seda v Hansell 2018 NY Slip Op 00430 Decided on January 24, 2018 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. Decided on January 24, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P. JOHN M. LEVENTHAL JOSEPH J. MALTESE COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ. 2017-08558 [*1]The People of the State of New York, ex rel. Samantha Seda, on behalf of Jordan Stephens, petitioner, v David Hansell, etc., respondent. Seymour W. James, Jr., New York, NY (Samantha Seda, pro se, of counsel), for petitioner. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Joseph N. Ferdenzi and Matthew Luongo of counsel), for respondent. DECISION & JUDGMENT Writ of habeas corpus in the nature of an application pursuant to CPL 180.80 to release the defendant in a criminal action entitled People v Stephens, commenced in the Criminal Court of the City of New York, Queens County, under Docket No. CR-027129-17QN. ADJUDGED that the writ is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements. The writ must be dismissed as academic because the defendant has been released from custody (see People ex rel. Vancour v Scoralick, 140 AD2d 658; see also People ex rel. Lassiter v Schriro, 114 AD3d 593, 594). RIVERA, J.P., LEVENTHAL, MALTESE and DUFFY, JJ., concur. ENTER: Aprilanne Agostino Clerk of the Court