Legal Opinion
State v. Donald DD.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 28, 2014PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Pigott, J.
In Matter of State of New York v Donald DD., we hold that, in a Mental Hygiene Law article 10 trial, evidence that a respondent suffers from antisocial personality disorder cannot be used to support a finding that he has a mental abnormality as defined by Mental Hygiene Law § 10.03 (i), when it is not accompanied by any other diagnosis of mental abnormality. We dismiss the proceeding in Matter of State of New York v Kenneth T. on the ground of legal insufficiency. We begin our discussion with that appeal.
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On December 16,1982, respondent Kenneth T., 27, brandished…
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