Case Name: Darryl BURNS v. COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1984-09-14
Citations: 481 A.2d 184
Docket Number: 
Parties: Darryl BURNS v. COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION.
Judges: Before NICHOLS, WATHEN, GLASS-MAN and SCOLNIK, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A.R.J.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 481
Pages: 184–184

Head Matter:
Darryl BURNS v. COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
Argued May 4, 1984.
Decided Sept. 14, 1984.
Stern & Goldsmith, J. Hilary Billings (orally), Bangor, for plaintiff.
Gary F. Thorne (orally), Margaret J. Kravchuk, Asst. Dist. Attys., Bangor, for defendant.
Before NICHOLS, WATHEN, GLASS-MAN and SCOLNIK, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A.R.J.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.
Recently, in Taylor v. Commissioner of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, 481 A.2d 139 (Me.1984), we overruled State v. Shackford, 262 A.2d 359 (Me.1970), that required an individual committed to a state mental health facility after being found not guilty of a crime by reason of insanity to prove his fitness for release beyond a reasonable doubt. Accordingly, we remand this matter for reconsideration of the petition for modified release treatment to determine whether the petitioner has shown by clear and convincing evidence that his mental illness no longer makes him dangerous to himself or others.
The entry is:
Judgment vacated.
Case remanded for further proceedings consistent with the opinion herein.
NICHOLS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ., concurring.
DUFRESNE, A.R.J., concurs in the result only.