Cases Headed To The Court Of Appeals

The Court of Appeals has granted leave to appeal in the following cases:

Matter of Dylan C. - "whether a nonsecure facility for the placement of alleged and adjudicated juvenile delinquents is a 'detention facility' within the scope of Penal Law § 205.10, which sets forth the elements of the crime of escape in the second degree"

Matter of State of New York v. Rashid - interaction between Mental Hygiene Law Sec. 10 and Penal Law Sec. 70.30. 

Warney v. State - whether plaintiff set forth sufficient detail to permit the court to find that he is likely to succeed at trial in proving that he did not by his own conduct cause or bring about his conviction