STATE v. BOUDREAUX

No. 92-KK-0211.

605 So.2d 608 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana v. Louis D. BOUDREAUX.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 25, 1992.


PER CURIAM.

Granted, vacated, and remanded.

An insanity acquittee confined by the state is entitled to release when he has recovered his sanity or is no longer dangerous, i.e., he may be held as long as he is both mentally ill and dangerous but no longer. Moreover, even if his continued confinement is constitutionally possible, the state may continue confinement only if it shows by clear and convincing evidence that he is mentally ill and dangerous. Foucha...

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