Velazquez Santos, Luciano v. Waste Collection

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• holding that states must prove by clear and convincing evidence that person to be committed is mentally ill and dangerous
• holding that substantive due process bars state from detaining a person acquitted by reason of insanity after he has been treated and judged competent
• holding that the State’s compelling interest in detaining and treating the mentally ill is insufficient to permit the detention of mentally ill, but nondangerous, individuals
• holding that substantive due process bars state from detaining a person acquitted by reason of insanity after he has been treated and judged competent
• holding that state must release insanity acquittee who suffered \drug induced psychosis\ because \antisocial personality\ that makes him dangerous is not a mental disease
• holding that states must prove by clear and convincing evidence that person to be committed is mentally ill and dangerous

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