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MATTER OF MAUREEN A. v. WACK

153 Misc.2d 600 (1991)

In the Matter of Maureen a. et al., Petitioners, v. Renate Wack, as Director of Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, Respondent.

Supreme Court, New York County.

November 22, 1991

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mental Hygiene Legal Service for petitioners. Robert Abrams, Attorney-General, for respondent.

MARTIN B. STECHER, J.

The principal issue presented in each of these proceedings is whether the evidence which the court and a jury may consider, on a "rehearing and review" (CPL 330.20 [16]; Mental Hygiene Law §§ 9.35, 15.35) of an order committing or retaining an unwilling patient to or in a State mental hospital, is limited to the evidence heard by the Justice who rendered the disputed order of...

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