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MATTHEWS v. STATE

No. 84-2436.

466 So.2d 1234 (1985)

John Daniel MATTHEWS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 10, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Larry G. Bryant, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Michael J. Kotler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

John Daniel Matthews was found not guilty by reason of insanity of the charge of grand theft. The trial judge committed him to the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, who placed him in Florida State Hospital at Chattahoochee. Matthews now appeals the trial court's continuation of his involuntary hospitalization. We hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying appellant's release. Appellant failed to carry his burden of...

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