State v. Webber

Citations

• 225 Conn. App. 16

Syllabus

Pursuant to statute (§ 54-255 (c)), ''[a]ny person who . . . (5) has been convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of any crime between October 1, 1988, and September 30, 1998, which requires [sexual offender] registration . . . and (A) served no jail or prison time as a result of such conviction or finding of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, (B) has not been subsequently con- victed or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of any crime which would require [sexual offender] registration . . . and (C) has registered with the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection [as required]; may petition the court to order the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to restrict the dissemina- tion of the registration information to law enforcement'' and ''not make such information available for public access . . . provided the court finds that dissemination of the registration information is not required for public safety.'' The acquittee appealed to this court from the trial court's denial of his petition to restrict the dissemination of his sexual offender registration information pursuant to § 54-255 (c) (5). In May, 1984, the acquittee was found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of two counts of sexual assault in the first degree, and, after a hearing, the court determined that he was mentally ill to the extent that his release would constitute a danger to himself or others. He was committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Mental Health for a maximum period of forty years. In July, 1985, the acquittee was placed under the jurisdic- tion of the Psychiatric Security Review Board. The board conditionally released the acquittee from confinement in July, 2007, after which he registered as a sexual offender pursuant to Megan's Law (§ 54-250 et seq.). The board terminated the acquittee's conditional release in Octo- ber, 2012, and, in December, 2019, the board again condit