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MATTER OF J.W.

C No.5967/2014

45 Misc.3d 933 (2014)

994 N.Y.S.2d 781

2014 NY Slip Op 24260

In the Matter of LAURENCE GUTTMACHER, M.D., Clinical Director of the Rochester Psychiatric Center, Petitioner, for an Order Authorizing the Involuntary Treatment of J.W., a Patient at Rochester Psychiatric Center, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Monroe County.

Decided July 17, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General ( Hillel Deutsch of counsel), for petitioner.

Mental Health Legal Service ( Craig S. Levin of counsel) for respondent.

OPINION OF THE COURT

RICHARD A. DOLLINGER, J.

In this case, the State seeks to medicate a man held at the Rochester Psychiatric Center (RPC). In support of the application, the State introduced a Rochester-based psychiatrist, who was a non-board-certified forensic psychiatry fellow. The patient had been arrested on a family offense petition and declared incompetent to stand trial. Remitted to the custody of RPC, the patient had refused certain medications...

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