Legal Opinion
Application of Downing
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided June 17, 1982No. 13996PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAKES, Chief Justice.
The appellants in this case instituted habeas corpus proceedings to challenge their commitment to State Hospital South at Blackfoot under I.C. § 18-214.1 Subparagraph (1) of that section states the following:
“(1) When a defendant is acquitted on the ground of mental disease or defect excluding responsibility, the court shall order him to be committed to the custody of the director of the department of health and welfare to be placed in an appropriate institution for custody, care and treatment.”
Each of the appellants was charged with the commission of a criminal offense,…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Baxstrom v. HeroldSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by15 opinions
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