P. v. S.G. CA2/6
S.G. appeals orders granting two petitions extending his involuntary commitment because he represents “a substantial danger of physical harm to others” because of a mental disorder (Pen. Code, §§ 1026, 1026.5), after having been found not guilty by reason of insanity for attempted murder (§§ 664, 187, 1026). We conclude, among other things, that: 1) the trial court properly sustained a March 3, 2014, petition to extend S.G.’s commitment (§ 1026.5), but 2) it erred by granting a December 4, 2015, petition (§ 1026.5) to extend the commitment to July 2, 2018, because it did not obtain S.G.’s personal waiver of his right to a jury trial on that petition. (People v. Tran (2015) 61 Cal.4th 1160, 1167, 1170.) We affirm in part and reverse in part.
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