This is a proceeding commenced by the Commissioner of Mental Health (the Commissioner) seeking a retention order for the defendant patient herein, Pesach Pasternack.
The defendant has been in the custody of the Commissioner pursuant to a commitment order dated November 21, 1963, which was issued under the provisions of former CPL 330.20, by the Queens County Supreme Court after a verdict of acquittal by reason of mental...
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