State v. Smith

WORKMAN, Justice:

The defendant below and Appellant herein, Betty Jane Smith (hereinafter Appellant), appeals 1 the final order of the Circuit Court of Monroe County, entered on January 26, 1996, which amended the circuit court’s prior order entered on June 30, 1995. In its June 30,1995, order, the circuit court found Appellant not guilty by reason of mental illness, and it determined that, but for her mental illness, Appellant would be guilty of murder of the second degree. Therefore, the circuit court stated it would maintain jurisdiction over Appellant for forty years which the circuit…