Talk:Jones v. United States (1983)

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A fact from Jones v. United States (1983) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 August 2008, and was viewed approximately 1,005 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Jones v. United States that a person found not guilty by reason of insanity of a misdemeanor crime can still be committed indefinitely to a mental institution?

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dissents?[edit]

Since it was a narrow 5-4 decision, it'd be useful to summarize the two dissents as well. --Delirium (talk) 01:01, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]