P. v. Parker CA2/4
After the trial court ruled defendant Kenneth Terrell Parker mentally competent to stand trial, a jury found him guilty of kidnapping to commit rape, attempted forcible rape, and two counts of assault with intent to rape. The court imposed the mandatory sentence of seven years to life on the kidnapping count and consecutive determinate sentences on the remaining counts; it stayed the sentence for attempted forcible rape pursuant to Penal Code section 654.
On appeal, defendant contends the court’s competency determination was supported by inadequate evidence, namely “fundamentally flawed expert opinions” that ignored his seizure disorder and impermissibly incorporated case-specific hearsay in violation of People v. Sanchez (2016) 63 Cal.4th 665 (Sanchez).
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