PEOPLE EX REL. HENDRICKS v. JOHNSTON


31 A.D.2d 754 (1969)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. James R. Hendricks, Respondent, v. W. Cecil Johnston, as Superintendent of Matteawan State Hospital, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

January 13, 1969


Judgment reversed, on the law, without costs; proceeding dismissed on the merits; and relator remanded to the custody of the Superintendent of Matteawan State Hospital.

No questions of fact were considered. On November 19, 1966, relator was transferred from Great Meadow Correctional Institution, where he was serving a sentence as a youthful offender, to Matteawan State Hospital pursuant to section 408 of the Correction Law. He contends that a youthful offender is...

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