NOVOSEL v. HELGEMOE

No. 7840.

118 N.H. 115 (1978)

VIKTOR NOVOSEL v. RAYMOND HELGEMOE, WARDEN

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

March 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McSwiney, Jones & Semple, of Concord (Carroll F. Jones and Nina Kraut orally), for the plaintiff.

David H. Souter, attorney general (Richard B. McNamara, assistant attorney general, orally), for the State.


DOUGLAS, J.

This is an appeal from the denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking his release from the forensic unit of the New Hampshire Hospital. The plaintiff's exceptions to this order were transferred to this court by Keller, C.J. This court reverses the order below and outlines the procedures to be used by the superior court in criminal cases when insanity is, or might be, an issue.

On December 24, 1974, plaintiff was arrested...

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