People ex rel. Farruggio v. Nenna

The subject matter with which this habeas corpus application is concerned, is res nova; therefore, I am constrained to decide the application without the benefit *230of precedents. The lawyers in their briefs submitted no authorities on the major question. None could be found on personal research.

The salient facts of this application are these:

On January 22, 1968, Miguel Santiago, on his own volition, committed himself to the custody of the Narcotic Addiction Control Commission, at a Special Term of the Supreme Court, held in the County of Kings. On February 15, 1968, Richard Valez, the other…