Application for Discharge of Colon v. State

Full title: IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION NO. 177673, FOR DISCHARGE OF MIGUEL…

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

Date published: Jun 10, 2016

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 4567 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

500 CA 15-00447

06-10-2016

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION NO. 177673, FOR DISCHARGE OF MIGUEL COLON, CONSECUTIVE 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.

EMMETT J. CREAHAN, DIRECTOR, MENTAL HYGIENE LEGAL SERVICE, UTICA (MICHAEL H. MCCORMICK OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT. ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (KATHLEEN M. ARNOLD OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

SMITH, J.P., CENTRA, DEJOSEPH, CURRAN, AND SCUDDER, JJ.

PRESENT:

EMMETT J. CREAHAN, DIRECTOR, MENTAL HYGIENE LEGAL SERVICE, UTICA (MICHAEL H. MCCORMICK OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT.

ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (KATHLEEN M. ARNOLD OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Oneida County (Joseph E. Fahey, A.J.), entered February 6, 2015 in a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 10. The order, among other things, continued the commitment of petitioner to a secure treatment facility.

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

Entered: June 10, 2016

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court