Legal Opinion
People v. Williams
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 1, 2003No. D039730PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NARES, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment following a jury trial sustaining the People’s petition under Penal Code sections 2970 and 2972 1 to extend defendant Frank Williams’s commitment as a mentally disordered offender (MDO). The petition alleged that Williams had been convicted of assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1)) in 1991 and assault with intent to commit rape (§ 220) in 1992, and that Williams, originally certified as an MDO in 1996, continued to suffer from a severe mental disorder that made him present a substantial danger of physical harm to other people. In…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
- Kansas v. HendricksSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- People v. MarsdenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- Martinez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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3Cited by23 opinions
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