PEOPLE v. CUEVAS

No. H037182.

213 Cal.App.4th 94 (2013)

151 Cal. Rptr. 3d 880

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RONALD CUEVAS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

As modified January 29, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Grossman , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler , Assistant Attorney General, Stan Helfman and Masha A. Dabiza , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MÁRQUEZ, J.

1. INTRODUCTION —

Under statutes in effect in March 2011, a person could be committed involuntarily to the State Department of Developmental Services (Department) for up to one year after a petition alleged (Welf. & Inst. Code, former § 6500; Stats. 1996, ch. 1076, § 5, p. 7265)1 and a court found "that the person is mentally retarded, and that he or...

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