Matter of State of New York v. Odell A.

In a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 10, Odell A., a sex offender allegedly suffering from a mental abnormality and requiring civil management, appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Calabrese, J.), entered February 19, 2013, which, upon a finding, made after a jury trial, that he suffers from a mental abnormality as defined in Mental Hygiene Law § 10.03 (i), and a determination, made after a dispositional hearing, that he is currently a dangerous sex offender requiring civil confinement, in effect, granted the petition and directed that he be committed…