State v. Johnson

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

In May, 1979, the circuit court of St. Louis City found appellant, Walter Johnson, not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of the charges of attempted first-degree burglary and attempted sodomy. The court ordered appellant committed to the Department of Mental Health, pursuant to § 552.020(1) RSMo. (1978).

In October, 1980, appellant filed a petition with the circuit court for release from the custody of the Department of Mental Health, pursuant to § 552.040(4) RSMo. (1980). In January, 1981, the court held an evidentiary hearing and the next month denied appellant’s…