California Court of Appeal

Penal Code section 1026.5(b)(8), authorizing commitment of a person found not guilty by reason of insanity beyond the maximum term to which the person could have been sentenced for the underlying felony, does not violate due process or equal protection.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/22/2002
• Published 08/22/2002

Judges

• SIMS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Paul Bernstein, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jo Graves, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Patrick J. Whalen, Assistant Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Brian G. Smiley, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.