This is an application for a writ of error coram nobis. The defendant, who was indicted for a violation of subdivision 1 of section 1751 of the Penal Law, sale of narcotics, contends that his conviction should be vacated since he was not advised of his rights under sections 211 and 212 of the Mental Hygiene Law that he could request civil commitment to a hospital facility, as a narcotics addict. His petition alleges that...
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