PEOPLE v. MACAULEY

No. B118285.

86 Cal.Rptr.2d 675 (1999)

73 Cal.App.4th 704

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Jesus MACAULEY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

Review Denied October 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry D. Whatley, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Santa Barbara, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson and David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Carol Wetidelin Pollack, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Allison Ting, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Chung L. Mar, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


COFFEE, J.

Jesus Macauley appeals from his involuntary commitment as a mentally disordered offender (MDO) under Penal Code section 2962.1 He argues that his conviction for arson of property did not qualify as an MDO offense at the time of his commitment, and that a recent amendment to the MDO law, which enlarged the list of qualifying offenses to include arson of property "where the act posed a substantial danger of physical harm to others...

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