Legal Opinion
Green v. Commissioner of Mental Health & Mental Retardation
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 17, 2000PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDana, J.
[¶ 1] Virginia Green appeals from the denial by the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Atwood, J.) of her petition for release from the Augusta Mental Health Institute (AMHI) and from the denial of her motion to alter or amend the court’s judgment. Green was committed to AMHI on July 10, 1997, after she was found to be not criminally responsible by reason of mental disease or defect for the killing of her mother. On appeal, Green argues that the allocation of the burden of proof by clear and convincing evidence to insanity acquittees in release proceedings violates her right to substantive and…
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