MATTER OF STATE OF NEW YORK v. BENJAMIN M.

2018-14795. Index No. 4931/15.

199 A.D.3d 690 (2021)

155 N.Y.S.3d 598

2021 NY Slip Op 05971

In the Matter of State of New York, Respondent, v. Benjamin M., Appellant.

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

Decided November 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig S. Leeds , New York, NY, for appellant.

Letitia James , Attorney General, New York, NY ( Judith N. Vale and Ari J. Savitzky of counsel), for respondent.

Hinds-Radix, J.P., Duffy, Barros and Christopher, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

In 2011, the appellant was convicted, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sexual act in the second degree for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl. In June 2015, just days before the appellant's scheduled release from prison, the State of New York filed the instant petition pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 10 for civil management. Following a nonjury trial on the issue of mental abnormality...

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