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MATTER OF MANHATTAN PSYCHIATRIC CENTER

285 A.D.2d 189 (2001)

728 N.Y.S.2d 37

In the Matter of MANHATTAN PSYCHIATRIC CENTER, Respondent. ANONYMOUS, Appellant.

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

July 26, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance for respondent.

Diane G. Temkin of counsel (Marvin Bernstein, Director, Mental Hygiene Legal Service, attorney), for appellant.

ROSENBERGER, J. P., NARDELLI, TOM and ANDRIAS, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ELLERIN, J.

We take the opportunity in this case involving the application of "Kendra's Law" to explore the parameters of that statute.

Appellant is a 24-year-old man who was sent to the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Center following a CPL article 730 finding that he was incompetent to stand trial on felony charges related to striking his father in the eye with a bottle. He was later transferred, on a voluntary basis, pursuant to Mental...

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