California Court of Appeal

A petition for extended involuntary treatment pursuant to Penal Code section 2970 is a civil proceeding and defendant's attorney can waive a jury trial without the defendant's express consent.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/30/2001
• Published 01/30/2001

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Maureen J. Shanahan, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Malibu, for Defendant and Appellant.,  Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey J. Koch and Karl T. Terp, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.