P. v. Monroy CA2/6
Defendant Robert Monroy is an Offender with a Mental Health Disorder (OMD) committed to the Department of State Hospitals at Atascadero (DSH) in April of 2020 as a condition of parole. DSH obtained an order compelling defendant’s involuntary treatment with antipsychotic medication pursuant to In re Qawi (2004) 32 Cal.4th 1. The court granted DSH’s petition to renew the order on October 15, 2021. (Pen. Code, § 1370, subd. (a)(2)(B)(i).) Defendant timely appealed.
We appointed counsel to represent defendant in this court. Appointed counsel filed an opening brief pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436 (Wende) that states the case and facts but raises no specific issues. Wende review, however, is available only in a first appeal of right from a criminal conviction. (People v. Serrano (2012) 211 Cal.App.4th 496, 501 (Serrano); Conservatorship of Ben C. (2007) 40 Cal.4th 529, 543-544; People v. Taylor (2008) 160 Cal.App.4th 304.)
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