Donald Beauchene v. State of Maine

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2017 ME 153

Docket: Ken-16-500 Argued: May 9, 2017 Decided: July 11, 2017 Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, and HUMPHREY, JJ. DONALD BEAUCHENE v. STATE OF MAINE HUMPHREY, J. [¶1] Donald Beauchene appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Mullen, J.) denying his petition for discharge or modified release from psychiatric hospitalization pursuant to 15 M.R.S. § 104-A (2016). We affirm the judgment. I. BACKGROUND [¶2] In 1970, Beauchene was acquitted of a murder charge by reason of a…