Legal Opinion
In Re the Mental Condition of Giles
Utah Supreme Court
Decided November 29, 1982No. 17976PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWE, Justice:
This is an appeal from a ruling ordering the involuntary hospitalization of appellant in the Utah State Hospital. Appellant claims that the District Court did not strictly comply with statutory requirements and that its findings which are required to be made beyond a reasonable doubt 1 were not sufficiently supported by the evidence.
In 1976 appellant was admitted as a patient to the Utah State Hospital after he was found not guilty of aggravated assault by reason of insanity. He suffered from a personality disorder manifesting itself in sexual fantasies and concomitant…
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