Legal Opinion
State v. Murphy
Utah Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 1988No. 19824PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Justice:
Appellant Bemt Murphy appeals an order of the district court denying his motion for release from the Utah State Hospital and denying his petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the State to provide him with post-release residential and treatment accommodations. We reverse and vacate the trial court’s order and remand for further proceedings.
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A. The Facts:
On September 10, 1957, when Murphy was nineteen years old, he was charged with the rape of a five-year-old girl. Subsequently, he was charged with the homicide of a young woman, but he was never tried on that charge. After…
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