Cent. N.Y. Psychiatric Ctr. v. State (In re Jody T.)

Full title: MATTER OF JODY T., CONSECUTIVE NO. 143847, FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

Date published: Apr 26, 2019

2019 N.Y. Slip Op. 3194 (N.Y. App. Div. 2019)

Opinion

416 CA 18-00394

04-26-2019

MATTER OF JODY T., CONSECUTIVE NO. 143847, FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIC CENTER PURSUANT TO MENTAL HYGIENE LAW SECTION 10.09, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

SARAH M. FALLON, DIRECTOR, MENTAL HYGIENE LEGAL SERVICE, UTICA (CAROLINE L. LEVITT OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT. LETITIA JAMES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (JENNIFER L. CLARK OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

WHALEN, P.J., CENTRA, LINDLEY, TROUTMAN, AND WINSLOW, JJ.

PRESENT:

SARAH M. FALLON, DIRECTOR, MENTAL HYGIENE LEGAL SERVICE, UTICA (CAROLINE L. LEVITT OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT.

LETITIA JAMES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (JENNIFER L. CLARK OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

Appeal from an amended order of the Supreme Court, Oneida County (Charles C. Merrell, J.), entered December 18, 2017 in a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 10. The amended order, among other things, determined that petitioner is a sex offender who suffers from a mental abnormality.

It is hereby ORDERED that the amended order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Entered: April 26, 2019

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court