PEOPLE EX REL. SPENCE v. DRESNER


73 Misc.2d 808 (1973)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Ernest Spence, Jr., Relator, v. Albert Dresner, as Director of Harlem Valley State Hospital, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Dutchess County.

April 2, 1973


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester H. Gordon for relator. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Thomas Dorsey of counsel), for respondent.


JOSEPH F. HAWKINS, J.

Upon this writ of habeas corpus, at the request of the Mental Health Information Service certifying that the relator was indigent, counsel was assigned by the court. Thereafter upon the request of such assigned counsel, an independent psychiatrist was appointed by the court.

The question posed is simply whether the respondent may lawfully continue to detain relator at the Harlem Valley State Hospital under article 35 of the...

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