Jackson v. Superior Court
Annotate this CaseIn 2008, real party in interest (the State) charged petitioner Patrick Jackson with a violation of section 288, subdivision (b), under case No. INF061963 based on conduct that allegedly occurred on May 3, 2008. On July 24, 2008, the trial court declared doubts as to petitioner’s competency to stand trial. Two years later, the trial court found petitioner to be incompetent to stand trial. Petitioner was ordered committed to Patton State Hospital in 2012. In 2015, the trial court ordered petitioner released from custody, finding that he had reached the maximum time of commitment authorized by law. The State then secured an indictment and initiated case No. INF1500950 three days later. In case No. INF1500950, the trial court declared doubts regarding petitioner’s competency to stand trial, however the record did not demonstrate that a determination regarding petitioner’s competence to stand trial had been made in the later case. Arguing that he could no longer be confined because he had exceeded the maximum commitment period authorized by law, petitioner, just as he had done in case No. INF061963, moved for his release from custody in case No. INF01500950. The trial court denied that motion. The Court of Appeal affirmed, finding that the record failed to support at least two assumptions central to petitioner’s reasoning.
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