PEOPLE EX REL. BYRNES v. GOLDMAN


59 Misc.2d 570 (1969)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Donald Byrnes on Behalf of Steven A. Kirsch, Petitioner, v. Benjamin Goldman, as Director of Bayview Rehabilitation Center, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

April 30, 1969


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Q. Carr, Jr., and Donald Byrnes for petitioner. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Alfred P. Crisci of counsel), for Narcotics Addiction Control Commission.


EDWARD J. GREENFIELD, J.

Petitioner Steven A. Kirsch, 19 years of age, brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus to effect his release from detention under the State Narcotic Addiction Control Commission program.

His mother, Mrs. Rita Kirsch, on the 20th day of June, 1968, filed a petition alleging upon information and belief that her sons Steven and Lawrence were addicts. An order was thereupon...

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