In re Robert K.

In a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.27 to retain a patient for involuntary psychiatric care, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Spinner, J.), dated March 2, 2007, which, after a hearing, denied the petition and directed the release of the patient. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated March 20, 2007, *923enforcement of the order was stayed pending hearing and determination of the appeal.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs or disbursements, and the petition is granted.

At a hearing to…