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​ ALTHOUGH DEFENDANT ENTERED A PLEA OF NOT RESPONSIBLE BY REASON OF MENTAL DISEASE OR DEFECT, THE JUDGE SHOULD NOT HAVE COMMITED DEFENDANT TO SIX MONTHS IN A SECURE FACILITY PURSUANT TO CPL 330.20(6) WITHOUT HOLDING A HEARING (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendant, who entered a plea of not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect, should not have been committed to a secure facility pursuant to CPL 330.20(6) based on a finding defendant suffers from a dangerous mental condition or is mentally ill without first holding a hearing:

The Supreme Court committed reversible error by issuing a commitment order without conducting an initial hearing pursuant to CPL 330.20(6) … . The court’s obligation to provide the initial hearing pursuant to CPL 330.20(6) is mandatory … . At the initial hearing “the People must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant either suffers from a dangerous mental disorder or is mentally ill” … . Here, the court improperly made a finding that the defendant suffers from a dangerous mental disorder and committed him to a secure facility for six months without first conducting a mandatory hearing pursuant to CPL 330.20(6) and, thus, deprived the defendant of an opportunity to cross-examine the psychiatric examiners and to present his own testimony … . People v Anthony N., 2024 NY Slip Op 00328, Second Dept 1-24-24

Practice Point: Before a defendant can be committed to a secure facility for six months based upon a finding defendant suffers from a dangerous mental disorder or is mentally ill, the court must conduct a hearing.

 

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