The notices of appeal herein are amended to correctly describe the judgments appealed from (CPLR 5520, subd. [c]). In our view, petitioner, who is presently confined at Matteawan State Hospital pursuant to section 662-b of the Code of Criminal Procedure, is ineligible at this time for transfer to a civil hospital under the jurisdiction of the Department of Mental Hygiene (Mental Hygiene Law, § 70; cf. United States ex rel. von Wolfersdorf v. Johnston,
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