State v. Ross

PARRISH, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s denial of a petition for unconditional release filed by a patient in the custody of the Missouri Department of Mental Health. This court affirms.

This is a criminal case in which the defendant, Royal Dennis Ross, was charged with arson. On October 4, 1982, after a mental examination, the state accepted defendant’s plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect excluding responsibility. § 552.030, 1980 Mo.Laws. The Circuit Court of Greene County then committed defendant to the director of the Department of Mental Health…