Legal Opinion
In re Veress
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 22, 2009PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLahtinen, J.
Appeal from an order of the County Court of St. Lawrence County (Richards, J.), entered November 5, 2008, which, in a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 9, granted respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition.
Respondent has a long history of acute mental infirmities. His background is replete with violence, criminal conduct (including a conviction for attempted murder of his uncle), threats, and refusal of medications. He was transferred from a state correctional facility where he was an inmate to Central New York Psychiatric Center and, following a hearing, Supreme Court…
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