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MATTER OF SHERMAN

98 Misc.2d 431 (1979)

In the Matter of Eugene Sherman, an Alleged Mentally Ill Person. In the Matter of William Thompson, an Alleged Mentally Ill Person.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

January 4, 1979

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan H. Drian for Eugene Sherman. Merrill Goldstein for William Thompson. Sall Sidoti, Assistant Attorney-General, for State of New York.

EDWARD J. GREENFIELD, J.

In these two separate but related proceedings, a patient in a hospital for the mentally ill, who had been admitted on a voluntary basis, had requested from the hospital director permission to leave the hospital.

Section 9.13 of the Mental Hygiene Law (L 1977, ch 978) requires the hospital to take action within 72 hours of the patient's request for release. It provides: "(b)...

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