People ex rel. Wright v Brann

People ex rel. Wright v Brann 2019 NY Slip Op 05410 Decided on July 3, 2019 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 July 3, 2019 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL
JEFFREY A. COHEN
ROBERT J. MILLER, JJ.
2019-07253 DECISION, ORDER & JUDGMENT

[*1]The People of the State of New York, ex rel. Lawrence E. Wright, on behalf of Alexis Liston, petitioner,

v

Cynthia Brann, Commissioner, New York City Department of Corrections, et al., respondents.

Lawrence E. Wright, Brooklyn, NY, petitioner pro se.

Writ of habeas corpus in the nature of an application to release Alexis Liston from the custody of the New York City Department of Correction.

ADJUDGED that the writ is sustained, without costs or disbursements; and it is further,

ORDERED that the respondent Cynthia Brann is directed to immediately release the detainee, Alexis Liston, upon service upon him, or his representative, of a certified copy of this decision, order and judgment.

The detainee, Alexis Liston, has been incarcerated for longer than the maximum possible sentence (see Penal Law §§ 260.10[1]; 70.15[1]).

RIVERA, J.P., LEVENTHAL, COHEN and MILLER, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court