People, etc., ex. rel. Jennifer Ritter v Warden, Kings County Hospital Prison Ward

People ex rel. Ritter (Newton) v Warden, Kings County Hosp. Prison Ward 2004 NY Slip Op 09318 [13 AD3d 471] December 13, 2004 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, February 23, 2005

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Jennifer Ritter, on Behalf of Julius Newton, Appellant,
v
Warden, Kings County Hospital Prison Ward, Respondent.

—[*1]In a habeas corpus proceeding, the appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Feldman, J.), entered August 12, 2004, which denied the writ and dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that the appeal is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements.

Subsequent to the argument of this appeal, Julius Newton pleaded guilty to various charges and was released upon his own recognizance. Accordingly, Newton's appeal in this habeas corpus proceeding challenging the legality of his detention must be dismissed as academic (see People ex rel. Chakwin v Warden, 63 NY2d 120 [1984]; People ex rel. Jairam v Bednowsky, 296 AD2d 431 [2002]; People ex rel. Hart v Travis, 240 AD2d 444 [1997]). S. Miller, J.P., Krausman, Spolzino and Lifson, JJ., concur.