Juarez v. Superior Court

Opinion

PUGLIA, P. J.

—Petitioner seeks a writ of mandate directing respondent superior court to order the commencement of conservatorship proceedings pursuant to Penal Code section 1370, subdivision (c)(2). (All statutory references to sections of an unspecified code are to the Penal Code.) That section is one of several setting forth procedures relating to the present sanity of a defendant charged with a crime. (§§ 1367-1375.5.) If under those procedures a criminal defendant is found incompetent to stand trial, and it is further found that his competency is not likely to be regained in “. . .…