IN RE HOSPITALIZATION OF PATTERSON AND BOHUK


156 N.J. Super. 91 (1978)

383 A.2d 467

IN THE MATTER OF THE HOSPITALIZATION OF EDWARD PATTERSON AND CHESTER BOHUK.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph T. Maloney, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant Ann Klein, Commissioner of the Department of Human Services (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mr. Stephen Skillman, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief; Mr. Steven Wallach, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Ms. Julie Kligerman, Assistant Deputy Public Advocate, argued the cause for respondents (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Advocate of New Jersey, attorney).

Before Judges HALPERN, LARNER and KING.


The opinion of the court was delivered by KING, J.A.D.

This appeal is taken by the Commissioner of the Department of Human Services, Ann Klein, from orders of the trial court transferring inmates Patterson and Bohuk, both convicted of violent crimes and serving lengthy State Prison sentences, from the maximum security Forensic Psychiatric Section (Forensic Section), sometimes known as the Vroom Building, at the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, to the state mental hospitals...

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