State v. DeAngelo

Citations

• 233 Conn. App. 764

Syllabus

The defendant acquittee, who previously had been found not guilty of certain crimes by reason of mental disease or defect and who had been committed to the jurisdiction of the Psychiatric Security Review Board, appealed from the trial court's judgment granting the state's petition to extend his commit- ment to the board pursuant to statute (§ 17a-593 (c)). He claimed that the court improperly determined that the state met its burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that, after having served his maximum term of commitment, his discharge would constitute a danger to himself or oth- ers. Held: The trial court improperly granted the state's petition to continue the defen- dant's commitment, as the state did not meet its burden of proving that the defendant's discharge would constitute an imminent danger to himself or others, and, thus, this court reversed the trial court's judgment and directed that court to deny the state's petition. Argued March 12—officially released July 22, 2025