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Matter of Bentley v. Demskie

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
May 7, 1998
250 A.D.2d 886 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

May 7, 1998

Appeal from the Supreme Court (La Buda, J.).


We reject the contention of petitioner, a prison inmate, asserting that he is entitled to receive credit for 1,900 days of jail time served in Federal prison against the sentence he is currently serving in this State. Petitioner would be entitled to such credit only if his Federal incarceration was solely the result of detainers issued by this State (see, Penal Law § 70.30; see also, Matter of Peterson v. New York State Dept. of Correctional Servs., 100 A.D.2d 73, 74). The record discloses, however, that petitioner's Federal incarceration was occasioned by his conviction of Federal charges that were unrelated to the crimes of which he was convicted and for which he is currently incarcerated in this State. Therefore, we conclude that the computation of petitioner's jail-time credits, which excludes credit for time served by him in Federal facilities, is accurate.

We further conclude that petitioner's request for a transcript of his August 26, 1986 resentencing was properly denied. It appears that no such transcription exists inasmuch as the court on that date merely executed the original sentence imposed upon defendant on October 29, 1982. In any event, petitioner has not yet exhausted his administrative remedies, having failed to file a request under the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law art 6).

Defendant's remaining contentions have been examined and found to be without merit.

Cardona, P. J., Mikoll, Crew III, White and Yesawich Jr., JJ., concur.

Ordered that the judgments are affirmed, without costs.


Summaries of

Matter of Bentley v. Demskie

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
May 7, 1998
250 A.D.2d 886 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

Matter of Bentley v. Demskie

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of ROOSEVELT C. BENTLEY, Appellant, v. JOSEPH A. DEMSKIE, as…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: May 7, 1998

Citations

250 A.D.2d 886 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
673 N.Y.S.2d 226

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