No. 22-718
Amici (2)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-commitment civil-rights criminal-law dangerous-individual due-process judicial-precedent mental-health mental-health-law precedent public-safety sanity-acquittee
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2023-03-31
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether this Court's plurality opinion in Foucha v. Louisiana, 504 U.S. 71 (1992), which prevents States from continuing to hold insanity acquittees who have supposedly 'regained their sanity' but who are proven to still be dangerous based on demonstrated actions while committed, should be overruled or at least substantially modified
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether this Court’s plurality opinion in Foucha v. Louisiana, 504 U.S. 71 (1992), which prevents States from continuing to hold insanity acquittees who have supposedly “regained their sanity” but who are proven to still be dangerous based on demonstrated actions while committed, should be overruled or at least substantially modified.
Docket Entries
2023-04-03
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Louisiana District Attorneys Association GRANTED.
2023-04-03
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023.
2023-03-03
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Louisiana District Attorneys Association.
2023-01-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 3, 2023)
Attorneys
Louisiana District Attorneys Association
State of Louisiana