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IN RE PORTUS

Docket No. 78218.

142 Mich. App. 799 (1985)

371 N.W.2d 871

IN THE MATTER OF PORTUS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 8, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

State Appellate Defender (by P.E. Bennett), for petitioner.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, L. Brooks Patterson, Prosecuting Attorney, Robert C. Williams, Chief Appellate Counsel, and Margaret G. Horenstein, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent.

Before: SHEPHERD, P.J., and D.E. HOLBROOK, JR., and M.F. SAPALA, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

This case arose when Charles F. Portus, petitioner herein, was charged with raping and murdering a seven-year-old boy in 1973. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1974 and has been in custody of the Center for Forensic Psychiatry since that time. In 1982, petitioner filed a petition for discharge, but was denied discharge after a jury trial. In 1983, we denied petitioner leave to appeal for lack of merit in the grounds presented. In lieu of...

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