The defendant has been found to be unfit and both defense counsel and the People have moved to confirm that finding. The question is to whom should the court direct an order of commitment pursuant to CPL 730.50 (1) when the defendant is an incapacitated person as a result of mental defect rather than mental illness?
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Louis Santos is a 19-year-old man who, because of neglect, was removed from his natural...
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