Legal Opinion
DeVeau v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 24, 1984No. 83-1391PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Associate Judge:
Leslie L. DeVeau, acquitted of murder by reason of insanity in 1982 on stipulated facts, appeals from an order of the trial court denying her request for conditional release from St. Elizabeths Hospital. She claims principally that the court’s findings of fact are contrary to the evidence and that its legal conclusions are erroneous. She also contends that the court misconstrued its statutory role at her release hearing, improperly failed to consider alternatives to the proposed conditions of release, and ignored her right to treatment. In this opinion, we address the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- James Covington v. David W. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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