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Whitehead v. State

51 N.Y.2d 781 Court N.Y. Decision date 1980-10-07 English

Judges Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.

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Margie Whitehead, Appellant, v State of New York, Department of Mental Hygiene, et al., Respondents.
Argued September 3, 1980;
decided October 7, 1980
p. 782
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Alan J. Azzara and Edwin Jacobson for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Robert A. Forte and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), for respondents.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division ( 71 AD2d 653 ).

Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.

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