People v. Logan

Defendant-appellant was committed to the Colorado State Hospital in 1973 after he was found not guilty of first-degree murder by reason of insanity. In 1977, appellant filed a motion for a release hearing under section 16-8-115, C.R.S. 1973. The director of the Colorado State Hospital recommended continued hospitalization. A trial to decide eligibility for release was held and the jury found that appellant’s reasonably foreseeable dangerousness to either himself or others warranted continued confinement. Appellant appeals on the ground that it is unconstitutional to require him to bear the…