California Court of Appeal

Extension of commitment by two years, for felony possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, with a strike allegation, and a prior prison term allegation, is reversed as Penal Code section 1026.5, under which defendant's commitment was extended, requires proof that a person under commitment has serious difficulty in controlling dangerous behavior.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/15/2006
• Published 08/30/2006

Judges

• SIMS, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Paul Bernstein, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Berkeley, CA, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson and Mary Jo Graves, Assistant Attorneys General, Julie A. Hokans and Jeanne Wolfe, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.