GREEN v. COM'R OF MENTAL HEALTH & RETARD.


750 A.2d 1265 (2000)

2000 ME 92

Virginia GREEN v. COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Darvin (orally), Portland, for plaintiff.

Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, William R. Stokes, Asst. Attorney General (orally), Augusta, for defendant.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, SAUFLEY, ALEXANDER and CALKINS, JJ.


DANA, J.

[¶ 1] Virginia Green appeals from the denial by the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Atwood, J.) of her petition for release from the Augusta Mental Health Institute (AMHI) and from the denial of her motion to alter or amend the court's judgment. Green was committed to AMHI on July 10, 1997, after she was found to be not criminally responsible by reason of mental disease or defect, for the killing of her mother. On appeal, Green argues that the...

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