STATE v. JACOB

No. 18173.

669 P.2d 865 (1983)

The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. David Riley JACOB, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

August 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda E. Carter, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., Robert N. Parrish, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


OAKS, Justice:

This case concerns the continued confinement of a criminal defendant found not guilty by reason of insanity. Defendant appeals the court's refusal to release him after the first annual recovery hearing prescribed by statute. U.C.A., 1953, § 77-14-5.

I.

Defendant is 27 years of age. For ten years, he has suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. Because of this condition, he was discharged...

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