Legal Opinion
In re Manhattan Psychiatric Center
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 26, 2001PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ellerin, J.
We take the opportunity in this case involving the application of “Kendra’s Law” to explore the parameters of that statute.
Appellant is a 24-year-old man who was sent to the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Center following a CPL article 730 finding that he was incompetent to stand trial on felony charges related to striking his father in the eye with a bottle. He was later transferred, on a voluntary basis, pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.13, to petitioner Manhattan Psychiatric Center (the hospital). In March 2000, a year after the transfer, the hospital, on consent…
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