Price
Price v. Super. Ct.
Opinion
Opinion
Filed 10/23/
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
(Butte) ----
WILLIAM JAY PRICE, C100920
Petitioner, (Super. Ct. No. 21MH03146)
v.
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF BUTTE COUNTY,
Respondent;
THE PEOPLE,
Real Party in Interest.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING in mandate. Petition granted. Michael R. Deems, Judge.
Arthur L. Bowie, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Eric L. Christoffersen and Julie A. Hokans, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.
1 In 2006, petitioner William Jay Price was admitted to the State Department of State Hospitals as a sexually violent predator. In 2022, the superior court found that Price was suitable for conditional release. Months later, and prior to placing Price in the community, the superior court reconsidered its order granting Price’s petition for conditional release, held a new hearing, and found him unsuitable. Price…