OPINION
I. INTRODUCTION
Under the Mentally Disordered Offender Act (the Act) (Pen. Code, § 2960 et seq.), the state can commit a mentally disordered offender (MDO) to a hospital for treatment for a specified period of time as a condition of parole, and it can extend the commitment if at the end of the period the MDO poses a danger to others due to his or her mental disorder. Under the Act, the MDO has the...
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