Gessner v. State

[¶1] Mark I. Gessner appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Marden, J.) denying his petition for release from the Riverview Psychiatric Center. Gessner contends that the statute governing his opportunity for release from institutional inpatient residency is unconstitutionally vague as applied to him. We' affirm the judgment.

[¶2] The record before us is sparse and does not contain any official documentation regarding' Gessner’s criminal history. Accordingly, we rely on the court’s findings, supported by a Riverview institutional report, for our summary of Gessnfer’s…