Opinion
2001-01945
Submitted February 15, 2002.
March 18, 2002.
In a habeas corpus proceeding, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Lange, J.), entered January 16, 2001, which dismissed the proceeding.
Benjamin Smalls, Romulus, N.Y., appellant pro se.
Jeanine Pirro, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Christine E. Cervasio and Richard Longworth Hecht of counsel), for respondent.
Before: GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, J.P., LEO F. McGINITY, HOWARD MILLER, THOMAS A. ADAMS, JJ.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Supreme Court properly dismissed this habeas corpus proceeding, since it was not the appropriate vehicle for asserting the claims raised in the petition (see, People ex rel. Douglas v. Vincent, 50 N.Y.2d 901; People ex rel. Maldonado v. Artuz, 267 A.D.2d 411; People ex rel. Smith v. Hanslmaier, 237 A.D.2d 473; People ex rel. v. Benbow v. Scully, 189 A.D.2d 844).
KRAUSMAN, J.P., McGINITY, H. MILLER and ADAMS, JJ., concur.