STATE v. WOODS

No. 95-340.

945 P.2d 918 (1997)

STATE of Montana, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Paul WOODS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted April 22, 1997.

Decided October 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lonnie J. Olson (argued), Allen Smith, Jr. (argued), and Brenda K. Elias, Montana Advocacy Program, Helena, for Defendant and Appellant.

Honorable Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General, John Paulson (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Helena, Valerie D. Wilson, County Attorney, Boulder, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


TURNAGE, Chief Justice.

Paul Woods appeals from an order of the Fifth Judicial District Court, Jefferson County, denying his petition for release from the Montana State Hospital. We affirm.

The issue on appeal is whether the District Court properly denied Woods' petition for release from the Montana State Hospital.

In 1974, a criminal information was filed in the District Court against Woods, who was then...

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