California Court of Appeal

Trial court's order committing a defendant to a state hospital for a maximum period of 17 years after he was convicted of various crimes, is affirmed as modified where section 654 limits the maximum confinement period to 15 years because whether or not defendant was capable of forming criminal intent, his actions show that his use of the hammer was "incidental" to the carjacking.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/25/2012
• Published 10/25/2012

Judges

• Yegan

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel