People ex rel. Baxstrom v. Herold

Decision Date27 May 1964
Citation21 A.D.2d 754,251 N.Y.S.2d 938
PartiesThe PEOPLE of the State of New York ex rel. Johnnie K. BAXSTROM, Appellant, v. Ross E. HEROLD, as Director of Dannemora State Hospital, Respondent.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

Johnnie K. Baxstrom, appellant, in pro. per.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., Anthony J. Lokot, Albany, for respondent.

Order affirmed, without costs. No opinion.

GIBSON, P. J., and HERLIHY, TAYLOR, AULISI and HAMM, JJ., concur.

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  • Wilson v. State, 971S245
    • United States
    • Indiana Supreme Court
    • October 16, 1972
    ... ... decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Baxstrom v. Herold (1966), 383 U.S. 107, 86 S.Ct. 760, 15 L.Ed.2d 620. Baxstrom ... statutory safeguards to provide for the protection of society from people dangerously mentally ill, may not, consistent with the equal protection ... ...
  • Baxstrom v. Herold
    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • February 23, 1966
    ... ... He points to decisions of the New York Court of Appeals supporting this view. People ex rel. Kamisaroff v. Johnston, 13 N.Y.2d 66, 242 N.Y.S.2d 38, 192 N.E.2d 11; People ex rel. Brunson v. Johnston, 15 N.Y.2d 647, 255 N.Y.S.2d 867, ... ...

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