Brockman v. State

RIEDERER, Judge.

In September 1987, Respondent Joyce Brockman stabbed her son and set her house on fire. Brockman was charged with armed criminal action, first degree assault and first degree arson. In June, 1988, she was adjudicated not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect on all charges in the Circuit Court of Boone County. As a result of that plea, she was committed to the custody of the Department of Mental Health (DMH) for care and treatment, and she was placed in the Fulton State Hospital.

Brockman applied for conditional release in 1989 in the Callaway County Circuit Court. This…