Matter of Jody T. v. State of New York

Matter of Jody T. v State of New York (2019 NY Slip Op 03194)
Matter of Jody T. v State of New York
2019 NY Slip Op 03194
Decided on April 26, 2019
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
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Decided on April 26, 2019 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., CENTRA, LINDLEY, TROUTMAN, AND WINSLOW, JJ.

416 CA 18-00394

[*1]OF JODY T., CONSECUTIVE NO. 143847, FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIC CENTER PURSUANT TO MENTAL HYGIENE LAW SECTION 10.09, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,

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STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.




SARAH M. FALLON, DIRECTOR, MENTAL HYGIENE LEGAL SERVICE, UTICA (CAROLINE L. LEVITT OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT.

LETITIA JAMES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (JENNIFER L. CLARK OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS-RESPONDENTS.



Appeal from an amended order of the Supreme Court, Oneida County (Charles C. Merrell, J.), entered December 18, 2017 in a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 10. The amended order, among other things, determined that petitioner is a sex offender who suffers from a mental abnormality.

It is hereby ORDERED that the amended order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Entered: April 26, 2019

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court