Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Flannery v. Worthing
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 30, 1941PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtDaly, J.
On July 22, 1940, the relator was committed to the Pilgrim State Hospital upon the application of his wife because of excessive alcoholism. He was paroled on September 22, 1940, and returned on January 8, 1941. Pie is still there.
He has now instituted this habeas corpus proceeding to test the legality of his detention, on the ground that he is now sane. (Mental Hygiene Law, § 204.) Upon the request of his attorneys a jury was impaneled, which rendered a unanimous verdict declaring the relator to be sane. The Assistant Attorney-General, who represented the Department of Mental Hygiene at the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hoff v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- McClave v. . GibbNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- People Ex Rel. Woodbury v. . HendrickNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- People ex rel. Benson v. BurdickAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
- People ex rel. Thaw v. GrifenhagenNew York Supreme Court · 1915
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