Legal Opinion
Application of Gafford
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided August 16, 1995No. 21472PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTrout, Justice
The petitioner, Steven Gafford, is an insanity acquittee who seeks release from commitment on the ground that he is no longer mentally ill.
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BACKGROUND
Gafford has a varied history of mental illness and commitment, including multiple admissions to State Hospital North, State Hospital South, the Idaho Security Medical Facility, and Veterans Administration inpatient facilities. On July 6, 1981, he was acquitted of criminal charges by reason of insanity and has since been confined at State Hospital South in Blackfoot, Idaho. However, it is undisputed that since the time of his commitment in 1981,…
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