State v. Woods

Paul Woods appeals from an order of the Fifth Judicial District Court, Jefferson County, denying his petition for release from the Montana State Hospital. We affirm.

The issue on appeal is whether the District Court properly denied Woods’ petition for release from the Montana State Hospital.

In 1974, a criminal information was filed in the District Court against Woods, who was then thirty-five years old. The information charged Woods with felony sexual assault, alleging that he had knowingly subjected several young boys to sexual contact without consent by committing fellatio on one of them and…