MATTER OF STEPHEN W. COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH

509905.

90 A.D.3d 1166 (2011)

934 N.Y.S.2d 588

2011 NY Slip Op 8853

In the Matter of STEPHEN W. COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH, Appellant; STEPHEN W., Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.

Decided December 8, 2011.


GARRY, J.

Respondent is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and a related medical condition known as polydipsia that compels him to drink dangerously large amounts of water. In 1980, he was found not responsible by reason of mental disease for assault in the second degree, robbery in the first degree, and other charges. He was thereafter confined to a secure facility upon a finding that he suffered from a dangerous mental disorder (see CPL 330.20 [1] [c]...

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