Legal Opinion
Gomez v. Miller
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 14, 1972No. 71 Civ. 2411PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
This civil rights class action raises important questions as to the constitutionality of the New York statutes under which persons indicted for felony may be held untried in New York State’s Matteawan and Dannemora Hospitals — generally known as hospitals for the “criminally insane.”
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All the plaintiffs have been indicted for felony but none has been tried or convicted. Each has been committed to Matteawan on a certification of incompetency to stand trial. Gomez and De-Mundo were sent to Matteawan in 1970 and 1971, respectively. Metesky has been in custody there since…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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- Wisconsin v. ConstantineauSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by28 opinions
- State v. KrolSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1975
- Thomas A. Guerro v. Roger F. Mulhearn, Ralph F. Andrews v. Kathy Decote YoungCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Coley v. ClintonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Goldy v. BealDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
- Chancery Clerk of Chickasaw County, Mississippi v. Robert WallaceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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