PEOPLE v. STEVENS (2013)

Supreme Court of California.

PEOPLE v. STEVENS.

No. S209643.

Decided: June 12, 2013

The petition for review is granted. The issue to be briefed and argued is limited to the following: May an expert's testimony in support of a defendant's commitment under the Mentally Disordered Offender Act (Pen.Code § 2960 et seq.) that the defendant used force or violence in committing the commitment offense (Pen.Code § 2962, subd. (e)(P)) and that he received treatment for at least 90 days in the year before being paroled (Pen.Code § 2962, subd. (c)) be based entirely on hearsay?

Votes: CANTIL–SAKAUYE, C.J., KENNARD, BAXTER, WERDEGAR, CHIN, CORRIGAN and LIU, JJ.

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