MATTER OF W. v. CAPITAL DIST. PSYCHIATRIC CTR.


103 A.D.2d 988 (1984)

In the Matter of Marsha W. W., Appellant, v. Capital District Psychiatric Center, Respondent

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

July 26, 1984


¶ Some time on January 2, 1984, petitioner was taken in handcuffs from the Schenectady Battered Women's Shelter to Ellis Hospital by the police. Apparently, shortly after her arrival there, she was transferred to respondent where she was admitted under the emergency provision of section 9.39 of the Mental Hygiene Law (all statutory references are to the Mental Hygiene Law). On the following day, petitioner, in the hope of effecting...

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