Legal Opinion
In Re the Alleged Psychopathic Personality of Joelson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 18, 1986No. C3-82-1521PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COYNE, Justice.
Two years ago we affirmed the decision of a district court appeal panel adjudicating John Anton Joelson as a psychopathic personality under Minn.Stat. § 526.09 (1980). In re Joelson, 344 N.W.2d 613 (Minn.1984). In that proceeding Joelson had also contended that his indeterminate commitment to the Minnesota Security Hospital (MSH) at St. Peter violated his rights under the eighth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution. Although we concluded that the evidence adequately supported the determination that Joelson is a psychopathic personality, we remanded the…
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