Legal Opinion
Zachary v. Superior Court of San Joaquin County
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 19, 1997No. C026653PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PUGLIA, P. J.
Imprisoned for conviction of forcible rape (Pen. Code, § 261, former subd. (2)) and resisting an executive officer (Pen. Code, § 69), petitioner was paroled in 1990 and as a condition thereof, involuntarily committed to Atascadero State Hospital, pursuant to article 4, chapter 7, title I, part HI of the Penal Code which has been referred to as the “Mentally Disordered Prisoners Act” (MDPA). (Pen. Code, § 2960 et seq.; People v. Kirkland (1994) 24 Cal.App.4th 891, 894-895 [29 Cal.Rptr.2d 863]; further statutory references to sections of an undesignated code are to the Penal…
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