Article 78 Petition in Nature of Prohibition Against Judge and District Attorney Granted
The Second Department explained the criteria for an Article 78 action (against a judge and district attorney) in the nature of prohibition. In this case Supreme Court had ordered defendant to appear for resentencing after the Appellate Division had ruled without remitting the matter to Supreme Court for further proceedings. The Second Department granted the petition and prohibited the resentencing:
The remedy of prohibition generally lies when a court or an officer acts or threatens to act without jurisdiction or exceeds its authorized powers in a proceeding over which it has jurisdiction (see CPLR 7803[2];…). To warrant the extraordinary remedy of prohibition, it is not enough that the court made a mere legal error. Rather, the court’s error must implicate its very powers and thereby be subject to correction by prohibition…. Matter of Dow v Tomei, 2013 NY Slip Op 04799, 2nd Dept 6-26-13