State v. Roden, Unpublished Decision (7-20-2006)

JOURNAL ENTRY and OPINION

{¶ 1} Plaintiff, the State of Ohio (the "State"), appeals the trial court's order conditionally releasing defendant from a fully secured mental health facility, the Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare ("Northcoast") facility, to Bridgeway, Inc., a 24-hour supervised residential group home.

{¶ 2} In 1977, defendant was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1974 shooting death of a Cleveland police officer.1 For almost thirty years, defendant has been hospitalized in various supervised mental health facilities, including Northcoast for the past three years.

{¶ 3} In…