State v. Westcott

The defendant appeals an order of the Superior Court {Manias, J.) recommitting him to the psychiatric acute care *693facility of the New Hampshire Hospital. He argues that, although the trial court did not err in ordering him recommitted, it was nonetheless error for the court not to approve his transfer to the transitional housing service (“THS”), a less-restrictive facility located on the grounds of the New Hampshire Hospital. He further maintains that it was likewise error to refuse to expand his level of patient privileges, in the face of medical evidence that such a treatment plan would be…