Wright v. State

Full title: OF MYRON WRIGHT, CONSECUTIVE NO. 16906, FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIC…

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

Date published: Nov 10, 2016

2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 7434 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

814.1 CA 16-00358

11-10-2016

OF MYRON WRIGHT, CONSECUTIVE NO. 16906, FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIC CENTER PURSUANT TO MENTAL HYGIENE LAW SECTION 10.09, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, RESPONDENTS-APPELLANTS.

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

SMITH, J.P., CARNI, LINDLEY, DEJOSEPH, AND SCUDDER, JJ.

PRESENT:

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

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

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Oneida County (Louis P. Gigliotti, A.J.), entered March 1, 2016 in a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 10. The order, among other things, directed the discharge of petitioner from the custody of the New York State Office of Mental Health.

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

Entered: November 10, 2016

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court