Makas v. Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center

OPINION OF THE COURT

Victor J. Alfieri, Jr., J.

This matter comes before this court by way of a notice of petition dated January 12, 2008 filed by defendant/petitioner Timothy Makas (hereinafter referred to as defendant), a patient at Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center, the respondent (hereinafter referred to as Mid-Hudson or respondent). The relief sought by defendant in the petition is a rehearing and review, by a jury, of a decision and order dated December 12, 2008 by the Honorable Robert H. Freehill, Acting Justice of the Orange County Supreme Court.1 The petition for rehearing and…