James v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Taylor v. Commissioner of Mental Health & Mental Retardation · Jordan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · Chase v. Kearns · Yeadon Fabric Domes, Inc. v. Maine Sports Complex, LLC · State v. Flemming
Most-quoted passages
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“whether James presents a danger because of his mental illness or defect. Even without the complication of mental illness, James may present a danger to others, but if any such continuing dangerous behavior is not due to mental illness, or if his mental illness is not amenable to treatment, then there may be no reason for James's continuing commitment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“replaces the remedies available pursuant to post-conviction habeas corpus, to the extent that review of a criminal conviction or proceedings were reviewable, [and] the remedies available pursuant to common law habeas corpus, including habeas corpus as recognized in Title 14, sections 5501 and 5509 to 5546.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The statutory remedy of post-conviction review, 15 M.R.S. §§ 2121 - 2132, was intended to fully replace and implement the constitutional right of post-conviction habeas corpus as it pertains to a post-sentencing proceeding that occurs during the course of an offender's sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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