Arahovitis v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT

Gerard M. Weisberg, J.

Demetrius Arahovitis was committed to Matteawan State Hospital on December 19,1967, pursuant to an order under section 662-b of the former Code of Criminal Procedure. He was then under indictment for assault but, because of “idiocy, imbecility or insanity”, he had been found incapable of understanding the charges against him or of making a defense. (See Arahovitis v New York State Dept. of Correction, Ct of Claims, Jan. 9, 1981, Lengyel, J., affd no opn 89 AD2d 937.) Mr. Arahovitis remained in Matteawan until he was transferred to Mid-Hudson…