- Jurisdiction
- California
1. If NGI plea is successful; does defendant go to mental hospital then go to prison once sanity is restored or get released? If prison, how is remaining time determined?
2. What if sanity had appeared to be restored at NGI trial? Does the defendant still go to hospital or does he go to prison? If prison, how is length of sentence determined?
Consider these questions on charges such as first degree murder (life) or voluntary manslaughter (3, 6, 11). Remember we are in California.
2. What if sanity had appeared to be restored at NGI trial? Does the defendant still go to hospital or does he go to prison? If prison, how is length of sentence determined?
Consider these questions on charges such as first degree murder (life) or voluntary manslaughter (3, 6, 11). Remember we are in California.