His maximum term would be five years. In the commitment the sentencing court added: "The Court recommends that the defendant be given psychiatric treatment." Subsequently, upon the certificate of a psychiatrist that in his opinion appellant was insane, the Superintendent of Elmira Reformatory caused the prisoner to be transferred to Dannemora State Hospital. Concededly appellant's term of confinement has not expired. He does not seek complete release, he seeks only that he...
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