Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Patrick Lawson, Petitioner, v. J. Leland Casscles, as Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1975-01-09
Citations: 47 A.D.2d 574
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Patrick Lawson, Petitioner, v. J. Leland Casscles, as Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 47
Pages: 574–574

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Patrick Lawson, Petitioner, v. J. Leland Casscles, as Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
Application, pursuant to CPLR 7002 (subd. [b], par. 2), for writ of habeas corpus, denied for legal insufficiency. Petitioner's discharge from the care and custody of the Drug Abuse Control Commission was authorized by statute (Mental Health Law, § 81.31). Accordingly, there was no unlawful interruption of his 1973 sentence (People v. Taylor, 30 N Y 2d 899). Petitioner's other contentions as to the illegality of his present detention are likewise without merit. Herlihy, P. J., Greenblott, Sweeney, Kane and Main, JJ., concur.