People v. Howell

This appeal arises from a speical proceeding before a Pueblo district court jury which determined that the appellant Howell was not eligible for release from commitment to the Colorado State Hospital. Sections 16-8-115 and 16-8-120, C.R.S. 1973. Appellant here claims that the statutory standard governing eligibility for conditional release, 1 as applied to him, violated his right to due process of law. We do not agree.

Appellant was first committed to the Colorado State Hospital on March 11, 1971. That commitment resulted from a finding that he was not guilty by reason of insanity after he had…