People v. Beeson

Opinion

GAUT, J.

1. Introduction

Donald Lynn Beeson (defendant) appeals from the trial court’s judgment granting the People’s petition for defendant’s continued involuntary treatment as a mentally disordered offender (MDO). Defendant claims that the court erred in ordering defendant’s continued confinement because insufficient evidence supported one of the criteria set forth in the MDO law, 1 namely, that defendant’s mental disorder could not be kept in remission without treatment. Defendant further claims that the court erred in refusing to instruct the jury that it should presume that…