MENTAL HYGIENE SERVS. v. FORD


92 N.Y.2d 500 (1998)

705 N.E.2d 1191

683 N.Y.S.2d 150

Mental Hygiene Legal Services, on Behalf of Aliza K., Respondent, v. Michael Ford, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, New York City (Thomas D. Hughes, Barbara G. Billet and John W. McConnell of counsel), for appellant.

Karen Gomes Andreasian, New York City, and Marvin Bernstein for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges BELLACOSA, SMITH, CIPARICK and WESLEY concur.


LEVINE, J.

Aliza K. is an involuntarily committed civil patient hospitalized at Manhattan Psychiatric Center (MPC), a civil mental health facility of the State Office of Mental Health (OMH). She was charged with aggravated harassment after having already served two sentences for stalking, threatening and harassing her former employer (with whom she apparently at one...

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