Cite as
2013 DJDAR 7564Published
Jun. 13, 2013Filing Date
Jun. 11, 2013Summary
The California Supreme Court will examine People v. Stevens, a case involving the Mentally Disordered Offender Act from the 2nd District Court of Appeal. In the case, a man who committed petty theft was deemed a mentally disordered offender based on a clinical psychologist’s reliance on a probation report. The issue is whether the expert's testimony in support of the defendant's commitment was admissible as to whether the offense involved force or violence.
— Brian Cardile
PEOPLE
v.
STEVENS
No. S209643
C.A. 2nd, Div. 6, No. B241356
California Supreme Court
Filed June 12, 2013
Petition for review granted; issues limited.
The petition for review is granted. The issue to be briefed and argued is limited to the following: May an expert's testimony in support of a defendant's commitment under the Mentally Disordered Offender Act (Pen. Code § 2960 et seq.) that the defendant used force or violence in committing the commitment offense (Pen. Code § 2962, subd. (e)(P)) and that he received treatment for at least 90 days in the year before being paroled (Pen. Code § 2962, subd. (c)) be based entirely on hearsay?
Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice
Kennard, Associate Justice
Baxter, Associate Justice
Werdegar, Associate Justice
Chin, Associate Justice
Corrigan, Associate Justice
Liu, Associate Justice
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