California Court of Appeal

Reversing the trial court's denial of a petition for conditional release by an individual confined to a state hospital for over 20 years where their continued detention was based upon an expert witness's testimony with respect to hearsay evidence upon which they based their opinion, which was determined to be a violation of the subsequently issued Sanchez rule.

Appellate Information

• Published 2017/07/13

Judges

• MARGULIES

Court

• California Court of Appeal

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