WISNIEWSKI v. STATE

No. 2D00-1537.

805 So.2d 901 (2001)

Michael Alan WISNIEWSKI, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Deborah K. Brueckheimer, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Helene S. Parnes, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


CASANUEVA, Acting Chief Judge.

Michael Wisniewski has appealed from an order entered on February 4, 2000, which continued his commitment after he was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the 1994 murder of his teenage son. For commitment to be continued pursuant to section 916.15(1), Florida Statutes (1999), the court must find that the defendant is mentally ill and is manifestly dangerous to himself or to others. Although the circuit court made a reasoned examination...

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