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LaDEW v. COM'R OF MENTAL HEALTH

532 A.2d 1051 (1987)

Jonathan R. LaDEW v. COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided November 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Pelletier (orally), Augusta, for plaintiff.

James E. Tierney, Atty. Gen., Charles K. Leadbetter, William R. Stokes (orally), Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, SCOLNIK and CLIFFORD, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Jonathan LaDew appeals the denial by the Superior Court (Kennebec County) of his petition for release from the Augusta Mental Health Institute (AMHI), where he was committed on September 30, 1985, after being acquitted by reason of insanity on charges of arson and aggravated assault. The Superior Court held that LaDew, at the hearing held on January 13, 1987, failed to establish as clear and convincing under 15 M.R.S.A. § 104-A (Supp...

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