''Baxstrom v. Herold'', 383 U.S. 107 (1966), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that

civil commitment Involuntary commitment, civil commitment, or involuntary hospitalization/hospitalisation is a legal process through which an individual who is deemed by a qualified agent to have symptoms of severe mental disorder is detained in a psychiatric hos ...

following a prison term does not run afoul of

double jeopardy In jurisprudence, double jeopardy is a procedural defence (primarily in common law jurisdictions) that prevents an accused person from being tried again on the same (or similar) charges following an acquittal or conviction and in rare case ...

principles.Bonnie, R.J. et al. ''Criminal Law, Second Edition.'' Foundation Press, NY: 2004, p. 664

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Full text of the opinion from Justia.com
United States Supreme Court cases United States Double Jeopardy Clause case law 1966 in United States case law United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court {{SCOTUS-stub