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A.__If the person hospitalized was found not criminally | responsible by reason of mental disease or mental defect | for murder or a Class A offense, the petitioner must | demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the | modified release treatment program, release on conditions | or discharge may be granted without likelihood that the | person will cause injury to that person or to others due to | mental disease or mental defect. |
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| B.__If the person hospitalized was found not criminally | responsible by reason of mental disease or mental defect | for a Class B, C, D or E offense, the petitioner must | demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that the | modified release treatment program, release on conditions | or discharge may be granted without likelihood that the | person will cause injury to that person or to others due | to mental disease or mental defect. |
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| | 4. Return to institution upon commissioner's order. The | commissioner may order any a person released under subsection | 1, paragraph A, who fails to comply with the conditions of | release ordered by the court, as evidenced by the affidavit of | any interested person, to return to the institution from which | he the person was released. A hearing shall must be held for | the purpose of reviewing the order for release within 7 days | of the person's return if the person will be detained for 7 or | more days. At the hearing, the court shall receive testimony | of the psychiatrist who observed or treated the person upon | the person's return to the institution, and any member of the | State Forensic Service who has examined the person upon the | person's return, and any other relevant testimony. Following | hearing, the court may reissue or modify the previous order of | release. |
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| | 5. Reinstitutionalization due to likelihood of causing | injury. Any A person released under subsection 1, paragraph | A, whose reinstitutionalization, due to the likelihood that he | the person will cause injury to himself that person or others | due to mental disease or mental defect, is considered | necessary, upon the verified petition of any interested | person, may be brought before any a Justice of the Superior | Court upon his the justice's order. A hearing shall must be | held for the purpose of reviewing the mental condition of the | person and the order for release. The court may order the | person detained for observation and treatment, if appropriate, | at the institution from which he the person was released | pending the hearing, which detention shall may not exceed 14 | days. The psychiatrist responsible for the observation or | treatment of the person shall report to the court prior to the | hearing as to the mental condition of the person, indicating | specifically whether the person can remain in the |
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