State v. Rashid

OPINION OF THE COURT

Daniel P. Conviser, J.

Respondent Mustafa Rashid is the subject of a petition for sex offender civil management pursuant to article 10 of the Mental Hygiene Law. He moves here to dismiss the petition. Civil management under article 10 requires a finding that the respondent is a “detained sex offender” who “suffers from a mental abnormality.” (Mental Hygiene Law § 10.03 [q]; § 10.07 [d].) Respondent does not seek dismissal on the basis that he does not suffer from a mental abnormality or on the basis that he was not previously convicted of a sex crime. Rather, he claims that…