State v. J.R.C.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Robert B. Wiggins, J.

In this proceeding pursuant to article 10 of the Mental Hygiene Law, respondent moves, inter alia, to preclude the State’s experts from using various records in forming their opinions as to whether he suffers from a mental abnormality. He bases this application on the Court of Appeals decision in Matter of State of New York v Floyd Y (22 NY3d 95 [2013]) as well as cases interpreting the “professional reliability” exception to the hearsay rule, in particular those dealing with the reliability of material that an expert may rely on in forming a…