--- description: Seattle's "Man in Tree" is being sent to a psychiatric hospital after he was ordered incompetent to stand trial title: Seattle’s 'Man in Tree' Sent to a Psychiatric Hospital image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9f1e427357e71a7/69888cee524fc0356edf75d7/tree-man.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Seattle’s 'Man in Tree' Sent to a Psychiatric Hospital  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 1, 2016 12:00 AM CUT  Cody Lee Miller sits near the top of a tree in downtown Seattle on March 23, 2016. Cody Lee Miller sits near the top of a tree in downtown Seattle on March 23, 2016.Elaine Thompson—AP  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 1, 2016 12:00 AM CUT A man who is facing criminal charges after he spent more than 24 hours perched atop a Seattle tree in March is [being sent to a psychiatric hospital](http://komonews.com/news/local/man-who-spent-25-hours-atop-downtown-seattle-tree-ordered-to-western-state "undefined") after he was ordered incompetent to stand trial. Cody Lee Miller [made national headlines](http://time.com/4269287/man-in-tree-seattle-day-two/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined") when he climbed up the giant sequoia tree downtown and pelted police officers with pine cones, branches and an apple as they tried to coax him down to safety. He was [charged](http://time.com/4275857/man-in-tree-seattle-damage/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") with first-degree malicious mischief and third-degree assault for the stand-off and has been held on $50,000 bail, _KOMO News_ reports. Miller is now headed to Western State Hospital in Washington for a 45-day evaluation before another competency hearing on July 11, according to the news outlet. \[[_KOMO_](http://komonews.com/news/local/man-who-spent-25-hours-atop-downtown-seattle-tree-ordered-to-western-state "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4353172/seattle-man-in-tree-trial-psychiatric-hospital/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4353172/seattle-man-in-tree-trial-psychiatric-hospital/"},"headline":"Seattle’s 'Man in Tree' Sent to a Psychiatric Hospital","datePublished":"2016-06-01T00:00:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:43:06.203Z","description":"He spent more than a day in the tree","url":"https://time.com/4353172/seattle-man-in-tree-trial-psychiatric-hospital/","keywords":["Washington"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9f1e427357e71a7/69888cee524fc0356edf75d7/tree-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9f1e427357e71a7/69888cee524fc0356edf75d7/tree-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Cody Lee Miller","caption":"Cody Lee Miller sits near the top of a tree in downtown Seattle on March 23, 2016.","creditText":"Elaine Thompson—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4353172/seattle-man-in-tree-trial-psychiatric-hospital/","name":"Seattle’s 'Man in Tree' Sent to a Psychiatric Hospital"}}]}] ```