Legal Opinion
Mental Hygiene Legal Services v. Ford
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 3, 1998PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Levine, J.
Aliza K. is an involuntarily committed civil patient hospital ized at Manhattan Psychiatric Center (MPC), a civil mental health facility of the State Office of Mental Health (OMH). She was charged with aggravated harassment after having already served two sentences for stalking, threatening and harassing her former employer (with whom she apparently at one time had a romantic involvement) and the staff of his business. The new charges were dismissed after she was found unfit to proceed to trial. Aliza K. was then transferred from the criminal detention facility…
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