How have courts treated mental health issues in a mental health case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Canfield, 2 Cal.App.4th 1357, 3 Cal.Rptr.2d 825 (Cal. App. 1992):
3 The report indicated: (a) defendant was irrational and could not be reasoned with; (b) a rational individual with serious charges pending would have cooperated with the legal procedures designed to benefit him; (c) defendant did not trust his attorney due to "distorted mental processes;" and (d) he cannot cooperate with his attorney in preparing his defense in a rational manner.
4 People v. Marsden (1970) 2 Cal.3d 118, 84 Cal.Rptr. 156, 465 P.2d 44.
** See footnote *, ante.
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