State v. Flynt

DRUKE, Judge.

¶ 1 In Arizona, a defendant found guilty except insane, rather than simply guilty, must be committed to the jurisdiction of the psychiatric security review board for a term equal to a guilty defendant’s prison sentence if the trial court finds, pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-502(D), that the defendant’s conduct “involved the death or physical injury of or a substantial threat of death or physical injury to another person.” Absent such a finding, the defendant is potentially entitled to release or civil commitment proceedings within seventy-five days of the court’s commitment order. See…