Legal Opinion · Dissent

In re Simone D.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided September 19, 2006Published

1Dissent

Crane, J.P.

(dissenting and voting to reverse the order and remit the matter to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for a hearing before a different Justice to consider the issues anew upon taking testimony and, if it deemed it appropriate, after assigning an independent expert to conduct a psychiatric examination and report relevant recommendations, with the following memorandum, in which Goldstein, J., concurs). This is a proceeding pursuant to Rivers v Katz (67 NY2d 485 [1986]) to determine whether the respondent, Simone D., has the mental capacity to withhold her consent to electroconvulsive…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Rivers v. KatzNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. People v. HarrisonNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. Silberman v. AntarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  4. People v. DegondeaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  5. People v. DowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1957

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