Case Name: STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jimmy Dale RUSSELL, Defendant-Appellant
Court: Idaho Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Idaho
Decision Date: 1982-06-17
Citations: 103 Idaho 699
Docket Number: No. 14153
Parties: STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jimmy Dale RUSSELL, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: McFADDEN, J., concurs in the result.
Reporter: Idaho Reports
Volume: 103
Pages: 699–700

Head Matter:
652 P.2d 203
STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jimmy Dale RUSSELL, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14153.
Supreme Court of Idaho.
June 17, 1982.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 29, 1982.
Charles Johnson, III, of Idaho Legal Aid Services, Idaho Falls, for defendant-appellant. ,
David H. Leroy, Atty. Gen., Lynn E. Thomas, Sol. Gen., James F. Wickham, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, for plaintiff-respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The appellant appeals his automatic commitment to State Hospital South pursuant to I.C. § 18-214. The only issue raised by this appeal is the constitutionality of the automatic commitment procedures of I.C. § 18-214, as measured against the due process and equal protection guarantees found in the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution, and Art.. 1, § 1, 13, and 18 of the Idaho Constitution. The appellant successfully asserted the defense of mental disease or defect in the proceedings below. In light of our decision in In re Downing, 103 Idaho 689, 652 P.2d 193 (1982), the order of commitment is affirmed.
McFADDEN, J., concurs in the result.