Legal Opinion
People v. Beck
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 2, 1996No. A072662PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SWAGER, J.
Joseph Beck, who was earlier acquitted of criminal charges by reason of insanity, now appeals an order conditionally releasing him from a state mental hospital, contending that he was entitled to immediate and unconditional release. We affirm.
Factual and Procedural Background
On September 30,1992, appellant pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to a charge of kidnapping with an enhancement for infliction of great bodily injury. Counsel stipulated to submit the issue of sanity to the court on the written reports of two psychiatrists. The psychiatric reports reveal that…
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