Commonwealth v. Bruno

Dissenting Opinion by

Me. Justice O’Beien:

The majority opinion represents a resolution of the instant case that is abhorrent to fundamental notions of due process. . Although at all times strenuously maintaining his innocence, appellant has been incarcerated, in Farview State Hospital, an institution for the criminally insane, without being tried and convicted of a crime. Delineation of the institution as a hospital does nothing to remove the stigma of its housing only the' “criminally insane”, nor does it insure that the adequate treatment is taking place which alone can transform a Hades of…