It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously reversed on the law without costs and a new trial is granted.
Memorandum:
Petitioner was acquitted in 1984 of, inter alia, murder in the second degree by reason of mental disease or defect. He was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic at that time and was placed in respondent's custody pursuant to a series of retention orders. Following the issuance of a one-year retention...
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