Writ granted. The Court of Appeal judgment is reversed.
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...
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