Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Brunson v. Johnston

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 3, 1964PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed in a memorandum. Section 384 of the Correction Law, based, as it is, on a reasonable classification, does not violate the equal protection clause of the Federal Constitution. (People ex rel. Kamisaroff v. Johnston, 13 N Y 2d 66, 71.) If relator seeks his discharge on the ground that he has sufficiently recovered to be released from Dannemora State Hospital, his remedy is by application to the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 87 of the Mental Hygiene Law and, if that determination be adverse, he may then seek review in the courts as therein…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Baxstrom v. HeroldSupreme Court of the United States · 1966

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