Legal Opinion
Matter of George L.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 23, 1995PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
This case presents the difficult question whether a mentally ill individual — found to be not responsible, by reason of mental disease or defect, of committing a violent crime— "currently constitutes a physical danger to himself or others” (CPL 330.20 [1] [c]) so as to remain confined in a secure psychiatric hospital even though his symptoms have improved considerably. We agree with both the trial court and the Appellate Division that, in this case, the People sustained their statutory burden of showing current dangerousness.
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On June 28, 1990, appellant…
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