People v. Oneal
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The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's denial of defendant's motion for mental health diversion. Defendant was charged with multiple counts of burglary, robbery, and related offenses arising from several incidents. After he was denied mental health diversion, he pleaded no contest to some of the counts and the remaining counts were dismissed.
The court concluded that defendant forfeited his challenge to the trial court's reliance on reports prepared in relation to his insanity plea by failing to object. The court nevertheless exercised its discretion to reach the issue on the merits and concluded that the trial court was permitted to consider the challenged reports, and that the reports support the trial court's finding that defendant was ineligible for mental health diversion because his schizoaffective disorder was not a significant factor in his criminal behavior. Therefore, because this finding independently supports the trial court's denial of defendant's motion, the court concluded that defendant was not prejudiced by any error in determining whether he presented a risk of danger to public safety.
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