SIMMS v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

No. 20 September Term, 2019.

223 A.3d 1012 (2020)

467 Md. 238

Romechia SIMMS, v. MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Michael T. Torres , Asst. Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender, of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by Ari S. Elbaum , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Barbera, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth, Clayton Greene Jr. (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned) JJ.


Maryland law provides a mechanism by which a person can be determined to have been guilty of a crime but "not criminally responsible" for its commission. See generally Incompetency and Criminal Responsibility in Criminal Cases, Md. Code (2001, 2008 Repl. Vol., 2018 Cum. Supp.) Crim. Proc. ("CP") §§ 3-101-123. Under...

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