PEOPLE EX REL. POWELL v. WARDEN OF THE KINGS COUNTY HOSP.


73 A.D.2d 654 (1979)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Michael Powell, Appellant, v. Warden of the Kings County Hospital, Respondent

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

December 17, 1979


Judgment reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and petitioner is remanded to the custody of the director of Kingsboro Psychiatric Center.

Petitioner was charged with several serious felony counts in an indictment arising out of a double murder in Brooklyn in December, 1976. After his arraignment in January, 1977 petitioner attempted suicide in his cell. An examination to determine his competency to stand trial was ordered pursuant to CPL article 730...

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