State v. Kupchun

Appeal from an order of the Trial Court (Flynn, J.) on a motion by the state for access to medical records of defendant’s treatment at the state hospital. On March 27, 1970, defendant pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the charges of arson and attempted arson. Pursuant to the provisions of RSA 607:4, now RSA 651:9 (Supp. 1975), defendant was committed to that hospital “for life until or unless earlier discharged, released, or transferred by due course of law.” RSA 651:9 (Supp. 1975).

This court held in Gibbs v. Helgemoe, 116 N.H. 825, 367 A.2d 1041 (1976), that such a confinement is…