People v. Vance

Opinion

CANTIL-SAKAUYE, J.

In 1984, 23-year-old defendant James Michael Vance attacked his mother with a meat cutter saying, “Your [sic] a clone, you’re not my mother.” Defendant had been in treatment for mental illness off and on since he was 17. Pursuant to a stipulation of the parties, defendant pled not guilty by reason of insanity to the charge of attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§187 & 664). The court ordered defendant confined in a state hospital for the mentally disordered for a maximum term of nine years pursuant to section 1026.

On October 4, 2004, the People filed their most recent…