In the Matter of Lewis Quackenbush, Petitioner, v. Donald H. Monroe, as County Judge of Chemung County, et al., Respondents

In the Matter of Lewis Quackenbush, Petitioner, v Donald H. Monroe, as County Judge of Chemung County, et al., Respondents. [MAJORITY] Application, pursuant to CPLR article 78, for judgment in the nature of prohibition, denied, and petition dated January 14, 1982 dismissed. The extraordinary remedy of prohibition is available only where petitioner has established a clear right to relief and where action taken or threatened is clearly without jurisdiction or in excess of jurisdiction (see, e.g., Matter of State of New York v King, 36 NY2d 59). It is further clear that prohibition does not lie to review the exercise of discretion in criminal cases (Matter of Bloom v Clyne, 69 AD2d 956) and is not available to review claimed errors of substantive or procedural law, even where constitutional issues are involved (La Rocca v Lane, 37 NY2d 575, 580, cert den 424 US 968; Matter of Bloom v Clyne, supra). In view of these principles and, further, since the action complained of in support of the petition would be reviewable on an appeal from a judgment of conviction, this collateral proceeding does not lie. Mahoney, P. J., Sweeney, Kane, Weiss and Levine, JJ., concur.