State v. Tripp

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from denial of appellant’s discharge and release into an out-patient treatment program from his present status as a judicially hospitalized patient at Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute. (MTMHI).

In August of 1983 appellant was found not guilty by reason of insanity of the homicide of his wife. He was involuntarily committed to Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute where he has remained hospitalized under court order. On 10 April 1986, pursuant to T.C.A. § 33-6-110(c) the superintendent of MTMHI notified the committing court that appellant no…