JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge. This appeal challenges the constitutionality of a state court order recommitting a defendant for mental health treatment nine years after he entered a plea of not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect. It also requires consideration of the new standard applicable to a federal court’s exercise of habeas corpus jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (d)…
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