In re E.T.

¶ 1. E.T. appeals the trial court’s determination that she is a “patient in need of further treatment,” thus justifying her continued confinement in Vermont State Hospital pursuant to 18 V.S.A. § 7621(b). E.T. has been housed at the Hospital since 1992, after an incident in which she shot and killed her manager, wounded two co-workers, and attempted to burn down the Eveready Battery plant in Bennington. After that incident, E.T. was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and found incompetent to stand trial for the charged crimes. She has since remained in the custody of the Vermont Department…