LaDew v. Commissioner of Mental Health & Mental Retardation

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Jonathan LaDew appeals the denial by the Superior Court (Kennebec County) of his petition for release from the Augusta Mental Health Institute (AMHI), where he was committed on September 30, 1985, after being acquitted by reason of insanity on charges of arson and aggravated assault. The Superior Court held that LaDew, at the hearing held on January 13, 1987, failed to establish as clear and convincing under 15 M.R.S.A. § 104-A (Supp.1986) that he could be released without likelihood that he would cause injury to himself or others because of mental disease or mental…