Opinion
CA 02-02344
June 13, 2003.
Appeal from an order of Supreme Court, Oneida County (Ringrose, J.), entered August 7, 2002, which, inter alia, granted petitioner's application for an order authorizing the involuntary treatment of respondent.
EMMETT J. CREAHAN, DIRECTOR, MENTAL HYGIENE LEGAL SERVICE, ROCHESTER (LISA L. PAINE OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.
ELIOT SPITZER, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (EVELYN M. TENENBAUM OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT.
SARAH KERR, NEW YORK, FOR LEGAL AID SOCIETY, PRISONERS' RIGHTS PROJECT, BETSY STERLING, ITHACA, FOR PRISONERS' LEGAL SERVICES OF NEW YORK, AND TAMMY SELTZER, WASHINGTON, D.C., FOR JUDGE DAVID L. BAZELON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH LAW, AMICI CURIAE.
PRESENT: WISNER, J.P., SCUDDER, KEHOE, GORSKI, AND LAWTON, JJ.
ORDER
It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs for the reasons stated in decision at Supreme Court, Oneida County, Ringrose, J.