California Court of Appeal

In a trial following a petition to extend involuntary commitment, the instructions necessarily encompassed a determination that defendant had serious difficulty in controlling his violent criminal behavior. Separate instructions on that issue were not constitutionally required.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/03/2004
• Published 02/03/2004

Judges

• RUVOLO, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Francia M. Welker, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Bruce Ortega, Deputy Attorney General, René A. Chacón, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.