People v. Anonymous

This is an application under CPL article 7SO by the People of the State of New York for continued retention of the defendant patient at Matteawan State Hospital *9on the ground that he is “ a dangerous incapacitated person ”. Periodic review of such confinement is required.

Defendant patient, aged 28, had been a civil State mental hospital patient since he was 12. In August, 1965, while a patient at Manhattan State Hospital, he was indicted for the murder of another patient. He was found incompetent to stand trial and was transferred to Matteawan State Hospital, a facility under the jurisdiction…