STATE v. LINDQUIST

No. 18396.

674 P.2d 1234 (1983)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Elma Lynn LINDQUIST, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Schumacher, Provo, for defendant and appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., J. Stephen Mikita, Asst. Atty., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


HALL, Chief Justice:

Defendant Elma Lynn Lindquist appeals from the decision of the district court continuing her commitment to the Utah State Hospital under the criminal commitment statute and also ordering her civil commitment. We affirm.

On October 9, 1979, the defendant shot her husband to death. Psychiatric evaluations showed that she believed Mr. Lindquist was the devil and should be killed. On May 3, 1980, in a bench trial, the defendant was found not...

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