State ex rel. Karur v. Carmichael

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Dianne T. Renwick, J.), entered on or about March 26, 2007, which granted petitioner’s writ of habeas corpus and directed the immediate release of the patient from respondent’s facility, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the matter remanded for an expeditious hearing to determine whether the patient is in need of further retention.

The patient has been diagnosed with Axis I schizophrenia-paranoid type, Axis II antisocial personality disorder, and is dependent on alcohol and marijuana. In December 2006, the patient required numerous…