P. v. Haynes CA1/2
Keron Haynes appeals from a final judgment of recommitment for treatment under the Mentally Disordered Offender Act (MDO Act or the Act) (Pen. Code, § 2960 et seq.). He contends his recommitment was unauthorized after the underlying felony offense on which his original commitment was based was reduced to a misdemeanor under Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhood and Schools Act. (Cal. Const., art. II, § 10; see Pen. Code, § 1170.18.)
Because the trial court granted appellant’s motion to dismiss the district attorney’s subsequent petition for recommitment, and appellant has been released, we find that his claim is moot. We will therefore dismiss the appeal.
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