Commitment of J P

── Commitment of J P ── Case No.: 21A-MH-01493 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2022 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Parke Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Vacated in Part Judge Bradford and Judge Crone concur In 2005, the State accused J.P. of burning down two covered bridges in Parke County. J.P. confessed to burning down the bridges, but the State was aware that, at the time, J.P. had long suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and delusional disorder. Eleven years of competency proceedings ensued. Eventually, in April of 2018, J.P. was tried, and a jury found him guilty but mentally ill. This Court affirmed the verdict, 1 but our decision was vacated by our Supreme Court,2 which ruled in a split decision that J.P.