Matter of State of New York v Wilkes

2010 NY Slip Op 07005 [77 AD3d 1451]

October 1, 2010

Appellate Division, Fourth Department

As corrected through Wednesday, December 15, 2010

In the Matter of State of New York, Respondent, v Harold Wilkes,Appellant. (Appeal No. 1.)

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Emmett J. Creahan, Director, Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Buffalo (Kevin S. Doyle ofcounsel), for respondent-appellant.

Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, Albany (Kathleen M. Arnold of counsel), forpetitioner-respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Timothy J. Walker, A.J.), entered June2, 2009 in a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 10. The order denied the motion ofrespondent to dismiss the petition.

It is hereby ordered that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs (see CPLR5501 [a] [1]). Present—Smith, J.P., Peradotto, Lindley, Sconiers and Pine, JJ. [Prior CaseHistory: 23 Misc 3d 1123(A), 2009 NY Slip Op 50899(U).]