a stipulated trial, that the Petitioner was not guilty by reason of insanity. On the basis of this acquittal and on this basis alone, the Petitier was -- Petitioner was ordered committed indefinitely to a mental hospital. That is, he was ordered confined until he could prove that he was not mentally ill and dangerous. P- Petitioner still remains confined in the hospital on the basis of that commitment, even though more than seven years have now passed since his initial incarceration and more than six years have passed since the time he would have necessarily been released had he been convicted rather than acquitted. Conceivably, he will remain committed in the hospital for the rest of his life. Petitioner contends that whatever the validity of his kinitial