State Ex Rel. Colby v. Reshetylo

On March 25, 1966, Mariann Colby, who had been tried for murder in the first degree, was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to the Lima State Hospital pursuant to R. C. 2945.39. In July 1971, she filed an original action in habeas corpus in the Common Pleas Court of Allen County. Following hearing thereon, by journal entry filed November 4, 1971, the Common Pleas Court found that she was sane and unlawfully restrained of her liberty and ordered her released forthwith from the Lima State Hospital, which was thereupon done. On November 9, 1971, the respondent Superintendent of…