In re ANTHONY C.
Filed 4/28/06 (opn. on rehearing)
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
(Sacramento)
In re ANTHONY C., A Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. ______________________________________ THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ANTHONY C., Defendant and Appellant. | C048529
(Super. Ct. No. JV110110)
OPINION ON REHEARING
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APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, Peter Mering, Judge. (Retired Judge of the Sac. Sup. Ct. assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to art. VI, § 6 of the Cal Const.) Reversed.
Heather J. MacKay, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Julie A. Hokans, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Raymond L. Brosterhous II, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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The task of preparing a formal risk assessment was assigned to Dr. Liederman, who at the last minute advised the prosecutor he was unable to testify as scheduled. Oddly enough, his conclusions were not introduced into evidence, nor did the prosecution proffer the report itself as evidence. Instead, Dr. Herskovic was asked to review the report and take the stand again, this time testifying about Anthony's risk of reoffending. He did so, but was unable to recall many of the relevant risk factors bearing on that question,[1] he did not testify to the factors relied on by Dr. Liederman, and after reviewing Liederman's report, Dr. Herskovic was still â€