Ordered that the order is reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.
Pursuant to Judiciary Law § 35 (4), a court presented with a controversy regarding an involuntarily committed mentally ill patient who is refusing to take the medication prescribed by his physician possesses the discretion to order...
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