Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Russell Neufeld, on Behalf of Roberto Garcia, Appellant, v. Jacqueline McMickens, as Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1987-10-08
Citations: 70 N.Y.2d 763
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Russell Neufeld, on Behalf of Roberto Garcia, Appellant, v Jacqueline McMickens, as Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 70
Pages: 763–765

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Russell Neufeld, on Behalf of Roberto Garcia, Appellant, v Jacqueline McMickens, as Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the City of New York, Respondent.
Argued September 2, 1987;
decided October 8, 1987
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Russell Neufeld and Caesar D. Cirigliano for appellant.
John J. Santucci, District Attorney (Kenneth Appelbaum and Jeanette Lifschitz of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order reversed, without costs, and the judgment of Supreme Court, Queens County, reinstated for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion by the late Justice David T. Gibbons at the Appellate Division (117 AD2d 243, 247-252).
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa.