Respondent was voluntarily committed to Bronx Psychiatric Center in April 1990. In January 1994 he submitted a request for discharge. Petitioner commenced this proceeding to contest the release, based upon respondent's chronic paranoid schizophrenia exacerbated by drug addiction. The IAS Court ordered respondent's release on the grounds that he was not mentally ill, that inpatient care and treatment were not essential for his welfare, and that his judgment was not so impaired...
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