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PEOPLE EX REL. BROWN v. McNEILL

35 Misc.2d 53 (1962)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Joseph Brown, Relator, v. John F. McNeill, as Superintendent of Matteawan State Hospital, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Dutchess County.

July 23, 1962

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Brown, relator in person. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Manuel T. Murcia of counsel), for respondent. Burton H. Hall for Workers Defense League, amicus curiæ.

CLARE J. HOYT, J.

Relator, an inmate of Matteawan State Hospital, has been granted a writ of habeas corpus upon which he seeks his release from Matteawan upon two grounds, first, that he is sane and, second, that section 412 of the Correction Law, pursuant to which section he was transferred to Matteawan State Hospital from the Harlem Valley State Hospital, is unconstitutional.

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