Bartosik v. People

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice McWilliams.

In 1956 Bartosik was charged by direct information with the taking of indecent liberties with a minor child, to which charge he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Upon trial by jury Bartosik was adjudged to be not guilty by reason of insanity and pursuant to C.R.S. ’53, 39-8-4 (2) he was thereafter committed to the Colorado State Hospital in Pueblo, which institution is hereinafter referred to as the Hospital, “to be kept and confined therein until given his discharge or probationary release in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado.”

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