MATTER OF J.


234 A.D.2d 116 (1996)

651 N.Y.S.2d 434

In the Matter of Dwight J., Respondent. Leroy Carmichael, as Executive Director of Bronx Psychiatric Center, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 12, 1996


Respondent is a 43-year-old male who has a 25-year psychiatric history, including numerous hospitalizations. As a voluntary patient residing at Bronx Psychiatric Center, respondent informed the director that he desired to leave the hospital. At a hearing conducted pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.13 (b), his treating psychiatrist testified that respondent, who is diagnosed as a schizophrenic — reactive paranoid type, has displayed erratic behavior indicating...

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