Legal Opinion
Harrison v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided June 26, 2008No. 09-08-018 CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.
Millet Harrison Jr. appeals from an order dated January 9, 2008, extending his inpatient mental health services for one year. In October 1994, a jury found Harrison not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder of his mother. See Harrison v. State, 148 S.W.3d 678, 679 (Tex.App.Beaumont 2004, no pet.). Pursuant to former article 46.03 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Harrison was automatically committed to a mental health facility for one year. 1 See id.
Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Harrison has been in a psychiatric facility since his 1994…