State v. Groves

OPINION

DUNCAN, Judge.

The appellant, Elmer Groves, Jr., appeals the trial court’s decision that he is not eligible for mandatory outpatient treatment and should not be released from the Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute. This Court has jurisdiction to consider this appeal under T.C.A. § 33-6-110(g) (1984).

The appellant was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the 1980 murder of his father, and he was involuntarily committed to the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. In September, 1984, the appellant was transferred from Lakeshore Mental Health Institute to Middle…