Dale C. Cameron, Superintendent, Saint Elizabeths Hospital v. Carolyn Mullen, A/K/A Rita Raymond

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• appeal not dismissed where appellee mental patient had prevailed in District Court but had escaped while District Court order of release stayed pending appeal
• ‘‘Baxstrom thus might be said to require the conclusion that, while prior criminal conduct is relevant to the determina- tion whether a person is mentally ill and dangerous, it cannot justify denial of procedural safeguards for that determination’’
• “Unlike sentence or probation, commitment is not punitive.”

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