Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1962

People ex rel. Chamberlayne v. Johnston

People ex rel. Chamberlayne v. Johnston
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 21, 1962
16 A.D.2d 993; 1962 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9064
People ex rel. Chamberlayne v. Johnston

Opinion of the Court

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Clinton County which dismissed petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus. Upon the authority of People ex rel. Brown v. Johnston (9 N Y 2d 482) and the consent of the Attorney-General, the order is reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, and the matter remitted to Special Term for a hearing to test relator’s sanity. Bergan, P. J., Gibson, Herlihy, Reynolds and Taylor, JJ., concur.

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