Charles T. v. Sanchez

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (David Levy, J.), entered on or about November 2, 1994, which, after a retention hearing pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.31, directed that the petitioner be released from the Bronx Psychiatric Center, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The hearing court properly found, based upon the evidence and testimony adduced at the retention hearing, that the appellant had failed to establish, by clear and convincing evidence, that the petitioner presented a substantial threat of physical harm to himself or others due to mental illness if *236released from the…