Boldt v. State

This case comes before the court on a petition to review a decision of the court of appeals which modified the judgment of the trial court and, as modified, affirmed that judgment. We modify the decision of the court of appeals and as modified, affirm.

The plaintiff-petitioner, Oliver L. Boldt, was committed to a state mental health facility in 1962 on the grounds that he was mentally incompetent to stand trial on a criminal charge. See, sec. 971.14(5), Stats., formerly sec. 957.13(2). The criminal charges were dropped and Boldt was released on November 4, 1974. The basic dispute in this case…