People v. Mendez

Opinion

STEIN, J.

In 1992, defendant Juan Pablo Mendez was found not guilty by reason of insanity on charges unrelated to this appeal, and committed to Napa State Hospital (the hospital) pursuant to Penal Code section 1026. The period of that commitment (the civil insanity commitment) was due to end on November 12, 2005. On December 10, 2003, a felony complaint was filed, charging defendant with assaulting another hospital patient with a deadly weapon by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury. (§ 245, subd. (a)(1).) As a result of that charge, defendant was transferred to county…