MATTER OF GIARDINA


164 Misc.2d 447 (1995)

625 N.Y.S.2d 826

In the Matter of Leonard Giardina.

County Court, Suffolk County.

January 31, 1995


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Catterson, Jr., District Attorney of Suffolk County, Riverhead, pro se (Susan I. Braitman of counsel). Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, Hauppauge (John Stolfi of counsel), for William Morris, Acting Commissioner of New York State Office of Mental Health. Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Kings Park (Dennis B. Feld of counsel), for Leonard Giardina.


GARY J. WEBER, J.

This is an application pursuant to CPL 330.20 (10) brought on behalf of the defendant patient Leonard Giardina (hereinafter Giardina) by the New York State Commissioner of Mental Health for an order permitting the unescorted furlough of this defendant into the community at large.

The application has been vigorously opposed by Assistant Suffolk County District Attorney Susan I. Braitman...

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