Crawford v. State

Appeal from so much of an order of the Court of Claims, entered May 11, 1976, as denied a motion to dismiss a claim against the State of New York. Following claimant’s arraignment on a charge of malicious mischief and forcible entry, the Justice of the Peace ordered claimant to be psychiatrically evaluated at Grasslands Hospital. It was determined that she was incapable of defending herself due to mental incompetency. Claimant was certified by the Dutchess County Court to be mentally ill pursuant to the Mental Hygiene Law and ordered committed on April 6, 1955 to Harlem Valley State Hospital,…