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STATE v. METZ

(14909)

230 Conn. 400 (1994)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. THOMAS METZ

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 2, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monte P. Radler, assistant public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Mitchell S. Brody, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Eugene Callahan, state's attorney, and Steven Weiss, supervisory assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

William B. Wynne filed a brief for the Connecticut Legal Rights Project, Inc., as amicus curiae.

PETERS, C. J., BORDEN, BERDON, NORCOTT and KATZ, Js.

PETERS, C. J.

The principal issue in this appeal is the proper allocation of the burden of proof to determine the continued commitment to a mental hospital of a person previously found not guilty of criminal charges by reason of mental disease or defect. The defendant, Thomas Metz, was originally charged with assault of a victim over the age of sixty in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60b, a class D felony, and with interfering with a...

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