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Date:Monday, May 01, 2000 3:23 PM
[CAL-CASELAW]Daily Opinion Summaries for 05/01/00
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CRIMINAL LAW

PEOPLE v. RELLS (5/1/00 - No. S080451)

"We granted review to resolve an important issue under the law that
governs inquiry into the mental competence of a defendant in a criminal prosecution.
For a trial of a defendant’s mental competence, Penal Code section 1369 establishes
a presumption that the defendant is mentally competent unless he is proved by a
preponderance of the evidence to be otherwise.  In so doing, it operates to impose the
burden of proof on the party, if any, who claims that the defendant is mentally incompetent,
and fixes the weight thereof at preponderance of the evidence.The question that we shall
address is whether Penal Code section 1372 does the same for a hearing on a
defendant’s recovery of mental competence.  The answer that we shall give is affirmative."

Penal Code §1372 impliedly establishes a presumption that a defendant is
mentally competent at a hearing on his or her recovery of mental competence,
unless he or she is proved by a preponderance of the evidence to be
otherwise.

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