PEOPLE v. STEVENS

No. B241356.

213 Cal.App.4th 1401 (2013)

153 Cal. Rptr. 3d 384

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARK STEVENS, Defendant and Appellant.

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

February 27, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Miller , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters , Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr. , and Scott A. Taryle , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

YEGAN, J.

In mentally disordered offender (MDO) law, the familiar rule of People v. Miller (1994) 25 Cal.App.4th 913 [31 Cal.Rptr.2d 423] has well served the interests of prisoners and the people for close to 20 years. A qualified mental health professional may rely on a probation report to render an opinion whether a defendant is an MDO. Here we respectfully disagree with...

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