People v. Decker

Appeals, by permission of this court, from *858two orders (one in each of the above cases), entered in the Supreme Court, Queens County, on July 5, 1972, granting, after hearings, applications by the Director of Matteawan State Hospital for retention of defendants in the custody of the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene as dangerously incompetent persons pursuant to article 730 of the CPL. Orders affirmed. Defendants’ applications for a jury trial at the first stage of their retention hearings were properly denied. We read into subdivision 2 of CPL 730.50 the procedural provisions of sections 73 and…