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LUBLIN v. PSYCHIATRIC CTR.

43 N.Y.2d 341 (1977)

In the Matter of Laurence Lublin, Respondent, v. Central Islip Psychiatric Center et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 19, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Thomas P. Dorsey, Samuel A. Hirshowitz and Anne Marsha Tannenbaum of counsel), for appellants.

Donald W. Leo for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.

GABRIELLI, J.

On October 4, 1971, petitioner killed his wife, stabbing her more than 80 times with an awl. He then threw himself off an overpass of the Long Island Expressway, in an apparent suicide attempt. On May 2, 1973, he was found not guilty of a charge of her murder by reason of mental disease or defect, and was committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene pursuant to CPL 330.20 (subd...

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