State v. Gratts’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

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1. “shall not be eligible for conditional or unconditional release under the provisions of this section unless, in addition to the requirements of this section, the court finds that the following criteria are met: (1) [Rottinghaus] is not now and is not likely in the reasonable future to commit another violent crime against another person because of [his] mental illness; and (2) [He] is aware of the nature of the violent crime committed against [the victim] and presently possesses the capacity to appreciate the criminality of the violent crime against [the victim] and the capacity to conform [his] conduct to the requirements of law in the future.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Rottinghaus

2. “(1) [Revels] is not now and is not likely in the reasonable future to commit another violent crime against another person because of [Revels’s] mental illness; and (2) [Revels] is aware of the nature of the violent crime committed against another person and presently possesses the capacity to appreciate the criminality of the violent crime against another person and the capacity to conform [Revels’s] conduct to the requirements of law in the future.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Revels v. Sanders