Matter of State of New York v. Jerome A.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Daniel P Conviser, J.), entered September 18, 2015, which, after an evidentiary hearing, dismissed the State of New York’s petition for the civil management of respondent pursuant to article 10 of the Mental Hygiene Law, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the petition reinstated, and the matter remanded for an article 10 trial.

Upon the filing of a sex offender civil management petition, Supreme Court “shall conduct a hearing without a jury to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the respondent is a sex offender…