California Court of Appeal

Order committing defendant to the Department of Mental Health for treatment as a mentally disordered offender is affirmed over claims that: 1) the trial court abused its discretion in denying defendant's request for self-representation; 2) the relitigation of his mental state at the time of his controlling offense, which was at issue in a prior MDO proceeding, was barred by principles of res judicata and collateral estoppel; and 3) the evidence was insufficient to support the finding that he qualified as an MDO.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/10/2006
• Published 10/10/2006

Judges

• PERREN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Rudy Kraft, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Tasha G. Timbadia, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.