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MATTER OF LOPEZ

69 Misc.2d 218 (1972)

In the Matter of the Application for the Commitment of James Lopez, An Alleged Dangerously Mentally Ill Patient, to Matteawan State Hospital.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Kings County.

February 25, 1972

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Robert M. Gormley of counsel), for State of New York. Robert B. Wilkes for James Lopez.

BEATRICE M. JUDGE, J.

This is a motion to stay the transfer of James Lopez to Matteawan State Hospital and for a jury trial.

James Lopez was born on September 4, 1956 and is one of 12 children, motherless and the product of a broken home and admittedly mentally ill. He was confined to Wiltwyck School and committed to Creedmoor State Hospital on December 17, 1970. Later on September 28, 1971, he was transferred to Brooklyn State Hospital...

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