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PEOPLE v. MERFELD

Docket No. A075759.

57 Cal.App.4th 1440 (1997)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BERNARD MERFELD, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

September 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Arthur Lang Wong, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Catherine A. Rivlin and Christina V. Kuo, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

[Opinion certified for partial publication.†]

OPINION

ANDERSON, J.*

This case presents an issue of first impression — whether the privilege against self-incrimination bars the prosecution from questioning an alleged mentally disordered offender (MDO) about his mental state at a Penal Code

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