People v. Superior Court (Woods)

Opinion

HANING, J.

Real party in interest Leonard Woods, who has been found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a state mental hospital, seeks his release from his hospital commitment on the ground that his sanity has been restored. (Pen. Code, § 1026.2.) Section 1026.2, subdivision (e) provides that no person shall be released for restoration of sanity until after he or she spends a year in a local outpatient program. Real party has not undergone outpatient treatment as part of his commitment, but respondent superior court proposes to conduct a section 1026.2 hearing on the issue…