People v. Kurtz

Writ of error coram nobis wherein this defendant seeks to attack an order of commitment heretofore made by a Judge of the Court of General Sessions, dated March 7, 1947, committing the defendant to Matteawan State Hospital. Prior to issuance of said order and on the 16th day of October, 1946, Indictment No. 3041-46 was filed charging defendant with having committed the crime of murder in the second degree (Penal Law, § 1046).

On February 21, 1947, prior to the issuance of said order, a Judge of the Court of General Sessions made an order committing the defendant to the psychiatric division of…