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PEOPLE v. ESCOBAR

61 N.Y.2d 431 (1984)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Jaime Escobar, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 30, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Seth L. Marvin and Steven R. Kartagener of counsel), for appellant.

Bennett M. Lincoff, Caesar D. Cirigliano, Michele Maxian and Ivar Goldart for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur.

JASEN, J.

This appeal involves review of the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1980 (L 1980, ch 548, as amd) to determine the applicable burden of proof to be applied to justify continued confinement of a defendant acquitted of a crime by virtue of a defense of insanity. More specifically, we are asked to decide whether the People's statutorily placed burden of proof — "to the satisfaction of the court" ...

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