California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Dobson, 199 Cal.Rptr.3d 508, 245 Cal.App.4th 310 (Cal. App. 2016):
"When a criminal defendant pleads not guilty by reason of insanity, the finder of fact must determine by a preponderance of the evidence whether the defendant was insane at the time of the offense. ( 1026, subd. (a) ; [citation].) ... If the defendant succeeds in proving his insanity at the time of the offense, commitment follows unless the court determines that the defendant has fully recovered his sanity. ( 1026, subds. (a), (b).)" (People v. Tilbury (1991) 54 Cal.3d 56, 63, 284 Cal.Rptr. 288, 813 P.2d 1318.)
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