People v. League CA6

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND3

In 1982, the court found League not guilty by reason of insanity of one count of murder with a knife. (§§ 187, 12022, subd. (b).) The court committed her to Napa State Hospital for the indeterminate term of 16 years to life. League was diagnosed with

1 Before Greenwood, P. J., Danner, J., Bromberg, J. 2 Unspecified statutory references are to the Penal Code. 3 The underlying facts are not relevant to the issues raised on appeal. schizophrenia and psychosis with delusions of hyper-religiosity. Since 1982, she has been granted outpatient treatment eight times. She was last released to the Department of State Hospital’s Conditional Release Program (CONREP) in December 2019. League was then readmitted to Napa State Hospital in December 2021. In November 2022, League applied for release to an outpatient facility pursuant to section 1026.2 alleging her sanity was restored. After an evidentiary hearing, the trial court denied the application. At the hearing, the court heard testimony from several people, including League. League testified that she had made a lot of progress since coming back to the hospital and that she was “more stable than…