Legal Opinion

Grass v. Nixon

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided May 7, 1996No. 69698PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DOWD, Judge.

The State1 appeals the circuit court’s order granting Lloyd Grass conditional release from the custody and control of the Missouri Director of Mental Health. We reverse.2

On October 14, 1992, Grass stabbed his wife to death. He was immediately arrested and held in the Warren County jail facilities with occasional trips to Fulton State Hospital for mental evaluations. On September 6, 1994, Grass was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder of his wife pursuant to § 552.030.2, RSMo 1994. The court ordered him delivered to the Missouri Director of Mental Health where he…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Murphy v. CarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
  2. Foucha v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. State v. TooleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1994
  5. State v. DaveeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Grass v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2007
  2. State v. NashMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
  3. Marsh v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1997
  4. In re GeorgeMissouri Court of Appeals · 2001
  5. State v. CancholaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1997

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