State v. Field

Thomas Field was found guilty of first-degree murder after the first phase of his trial, and not guilty by reason of mental disease after the second phase. He appeals from a commitment order which was issued after the third phase at which he was found to be presently mentally ill and a danger to others. Field argues that because the state produced *271no evidence concerning his present mental condition during the third phase of the trial but instead relied solely on the evidence produced at the prior two phases, he was denied his constitutional rights to due process and equal protection of the…