Locklear v. Hultine

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SAFFELS, District Judge.

This matter comes before the court upon petitioner’s petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and § 2254. Petitioner is currently confined at the Larned State Hospital after a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity on a first degree murder charge. She claims that the annual release hearing she received, and her continued commitment, violate her rights to due process and equal protection as guaranteed by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution; and, further, that K.S.A. 22-3428 (1980 Supp.)…