People v. Price, A111081
Order extending defendant's commitment in a psychiatric hospital for an additional two years is reversed where the court erred when it denied defendant's motion to dismiss the commitment petition as untimely as he was not given adequate time to prepare for trial before his commitment expired.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/26/2007
- Published 02/20/2007
Judges
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- 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, Martin S. Kaye, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Michael E. Banister, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent., Paul Martin Bernstein, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.