Mannix v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

On September 14, 1979, appellant Jennifer Lynn Mannix was charged with murder. She was committed to the Arkansas State Hospital for a mental examination. The examining psychiatrist found that she was unable to appreciate the criminality of her acts or to conform her behavior to the requirement of the law. On December 7, 1979, the trial court dismissed the criminal charge because of her mental disease and committed her to the hospital pursuant to our criminal commitment statute, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-612 (Repl. 1977). On January 11, 1980, the psychiatrist assigned to…