PEOPLE v. QUIROZ

No. C069280.

244 Cal.App.4th 1371 (2016)

198 Cal.Rptr.3d 923

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. VICTOR G. QUIROZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

February 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle May Peterson , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell , Assistant Attorney General, Charles A. French, Daniel B. Bernstein and Craig S. Meyers , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

In this appeal, we determine whether a trial court has jurisdiction to convene a competency hearing after a state hospital certifies that a defendant, who has been involuntarily confined for three years due to incompetence to stand trial, is not likely to regain competency. We conclude the relevant statutory...

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