Schuttemeyer v. Commonwealth

CLAYTON, Judge:

This case arises from the involuntary hospitalization of Schuttemeyer. The hospitalization was ordered by the Kenton Circuit Court based upon a jury verdict after he had previously been found not guilty by reason of insanity of wanton endangerment in the first degree.

On July 23, 1987, Schuttemeyer fired several shots at his brother with a .22 caliber rifle. He was arrested and confined to Eastern State Hospital from July 29, 1987, until September 11, 1987. Thereafter he was indicted for first-degree wanton endangerment, to which he entered a not guilty plea, and raised the…