People v. Anzalone

Opinion

CHIN, J.

In this case, we interpret statutory language authorizing the continued confinement of prisoners whose severe but treatable mental disorder contributed to their commission of various specified crimes (see Pen. Code, § 2962, subds. (b), (e)), 1 including any crime in which the prisoner used “force or violence” or caused serious bodily injury (§ 2962, subd. (e)(2)(F)). As will appear, we conclude that defendant’s crime of unarmed second degree robbery, unaccompanied by any actual display of force or violence on his part, and resulting in no bodily injury to anyone, did not…