Silvers v. People

In August of 1963, petitioner was arrested and charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl. A commission of three psychiatrists was appointed under CLS 1961, § 780.504 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.967[4]). Petitioner was found to be a criminal sexual psychopath under the statute and was committed to Ionia State Hospital as the result of a hearing under CLS 1961, § 780.505 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.967[5]) in December of that year. See generally, People v. Holnagel (1963), 371 Mich 347; see also People v. Griffes (1968), 13 Mich App 299.

In 1967 petitioner filed a petition for…