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IN RE COMMITMENT OF W.K.

731 A.2d 482 (1999)

159 N.J. 1

In re COMMITMENT OF W.K.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided April 28, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernadette N. DeCastro, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, for appellant (Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney).

Susan B. Gyss, Assistant Prosecutor, for respondent (Fred J. Theemling, Jr., Hudson County Prosecutor, attorney).

PER CURIAM.

When a person accused of a crime is acquitted by reason of insanity, the accused may be held in continued confinement if the person is a danger to self or others and is in need of medical treatment. We describe such a person as being on Krol status, a reference to State v. Krol, 68 N.J. 236, 344 A.2d 289 (1975), which established the standard for such commitments. The question...

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