Legal Opinion
Chase v. Kearns
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 2, 1971PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEATHERBEE, Justice.
This petition for the common law writ of habeas corpus presents us with a clear challenge to the constitutionality of our statutory provision for immediate commitment to the custody of the Commissioner of Mental Health and Corrections of persons who have been charged with criminal acts and who have been found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. We find no constitutional deprivation in the case before us.
Petitioner was indicted on a charge that on or about July 19, 1968 he made an oral communication threatening to injure the person of another. The offense…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Baxstrom v. HeroldSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Lynch v. OverholserSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Donald Ragsdale v. Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- Mills v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1969
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3Cited by42 opinions
- State v. KrolSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1975
- In Re MoyeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- Taylor v. Commissioner of Mental Health & Mental RetardationSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
- In Re FranklinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- People v. McQuillanMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
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