PEOPLE EX REL. GORDON v. MURPHY


55 Misc.2d 275 (1967)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Henry Gordon, Relator, v. Henry T. Murphy, as Director of the Woodbourne Rehabilitation Center, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Sullivan County.

November 21, 1967


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan G. Hand and Warren A. Cohen for relator. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Malvin A. Cohen of counsel), for respondent.


LAWRENCE H. COOKE, J.

Relator having been found to be a narcotic addict within the meaning of article 9 of the Mental Hygiene Law and having been certified to the care and custody of the New York State Narcotic Addiction Control Commission and now confined to the Woodbourne Rehabilitation Center, this habeas corpus proceeding has been instituted to secure his release based on stated grounds: (1) that the consent...

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