STATE OF NEW YORK v. MATTER, MICHAEL

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 955 CA 12-01123 PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., PERADOTTO, CARNI, AND LINDLEY, JJ. IN THE MATTER OF STATE OF NEW YORK, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT, V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER MICHAEL MATTER, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. EMMETT J. CREAHAN, DIRECTOR, MENTAL HYGIENE LEGAL SERVICE, BUFFALO (MARGOT S. BENNETT OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (FRANK BRADY OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT. Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Niagara County (Richard C. Kloch, Sr., A.J.),…