United States v. Mikawa, No. 15-3954 (8th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was civilly committed under 18 U.S.C. 4243 after he was found not guilty by reason of insanity of false personation of a federal officer. On appeal, defendant challenged the district court's order denying him discharge from a psychiatric hospital. The court concluded that the district court did not clearly err in determining that the proposed conditions of discharge did not sufficiently address the substantial risk that defendant would stop taking his medications, decompensate, and cause bodily harm or property damage. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Kelly, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Wollman, Circuit Judge] Criminal case - Criminal law. Where the defendant had been found not guilty by reason of insanity and had been civilly committed for care and treatment under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 4243, the district court did not err in denying his request for conditional release based on its finding he continued to present a substantial risk of danger to other persons or property.
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