What is the maximum term a person may be committed to a state hospital based on a determination that the person is mentally incompetent to stand trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Samuels, C076902 (Cal. App. 2015):
Section 1370, subdivision (c)(1) provides that three years is the maximum term a person may be committed to a state hospital based on a determination that the person is mentally incompetent to stand trial. (In re Mille (2010) 182 Cal.App.4th 635, 643-644.) "The three-year period . . . applies to the aggregate of all commitments for treatment for incompetency regarding the same charges." (People v. Reynolds (2011) 196 Cal.App.4th
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