APPLICATION OF GAFFORD

No. 21472.

903 P.2d 61 (1995)

127 Idaho 472

In the Matter of the Application of Steven GAFFORD. For a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Steven GAFFORD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE of Idaho, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Idaho Falls May 1995 Term.

Rehearing Denied October 17, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David N. Parmenter, Blackfoot, for appellant.

Alan Lance, Idaho Attorney General; and Lynn E. Thomas, Solicitor General, argued, Boise, for respondent.


TROUT, Justice

The petitioner, Steven Gafford, is an insanity acquittee who seeks release from commitment on the ground that he is no longer mentally ill.

I.

BACKGROUND

Gafford has a varied history of mental illness and commitment, including multiple admissions to State Hospital North, State Hospital South, the Idaho Security Medical Facility, and Veterans Administration inpatient facilities. On July 6, 1981, he was acquitted of criminal...

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