| Matter of Steven M. v State of New York |
| 2023 NY Slip Op 05059 [220 AD3d 1172] |
| October 6, 2023 |
| Appellate Division, Fourth Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Steven M., for Discharge from Central
New York Psychiatric Center, Pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 10.09,
Appellant, v State of New York et al., Respondents. |
D.J. & J.A. Cirando, PLLC, Syracuse (Rebecca L. Konst of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.
Letitia James, Attorney General, Albany (Kate H. Nepveu of counsel), for respondents-respondents.
Appeal from an order of the Oneida County Court (Gregory J. Amoroso, A.J.), entered May 3, 2022, in a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 10. The order, inter alia, continued the confinement of petitioner to a secure treatment facility.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Petitioner appeals from an order, entered after an annual review hearing pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 10.09 (d), determining that he is a dangerous sex offender requiring confinement under section 10.03 (e), and directing his continued confinement to a secure treatment facility (see § 10.09 [h]). We affirm.
Petitioner contends that his sex offender treatment plan should be modified to focus on his diagnoses of antisocial personality disorder and the condition of hypersexuality, rather than a provisional diagnosis of pedophilic disorder. That contention is raised for the first time on appeal, and thus is not properly before us (see Matter of State of New York v Edward T., 161 AD3d 1589, 1589 [4th Dept 2018]; Matter of State of New York v Breeden, 140 AD3d 1649, 1650 [4th Dept 2016]). In any event, we note that the adequacy of a sex offender treatment plan is not before the court in an annual review proceeding under Mental Hygiene Law § 10.09 (d) (see generally Matter of James WW. v State of New York, 201 AD3d 1069, 1071 [3d Dept 2022], lv denied 38 NY3d 909 [2022]). Present—Whalen, P.J., Curran, Montour, Ogden and DelConte, JJ.