Matthew Scott PEDERSON, Petitioner,
v.
The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent;
The People, Real Party in Interest.
Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 28, 2003.
January 28, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael P. Judge, Public Defender, Terrance Cheung, Maureen Pacheco and John Hamilton Scott, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
Steve Cooley, District Attorney, Brent Riggs and Fred Klink, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistance Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews and Mary E. Sanchez, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General.
Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.
NOTT, Acting P.J.
We are called upon to review the constitutionality of Penal Code section 1367.1,1 pertaining to evaluations of misdemeanor defendants who a trial judge believes may be incompetent to stand trial due to a mental disorder. Section 1367.1, subdivisions (b) and (c), require that (1) trial of a misdemeanor defendant suspected of incompetence be suspended; (2) the defendant...
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