Conservatorship of M.C. CA4/3

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

On October 27, 2020, the Orange County District Attorney filed a felony complaint charging M.C. with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. On September 8, 2021, the trial court found M.C. incompetent to stand trial and committed him to a state institution for two years pursuant to Penal Code section 1370. On September 28, 2023, the Orange County Public Guardian (Public Guardian) petitioned the court to reappoint it as the Conservator for

1 All further statutory references are to the Welfare & Institutions Code, unless otherwise stated.

2 M.C., who was presently confined in Orange County jail, and establish a conservatorship pursuant to section 5008, subdivision (h)(1)(B). Following a jury trial on the petition, on February 22, 2024, a unanimous jury found M.C. was “gravely disabled” within the meaning of section 5008, subdivision (h)(1)(B). Subsequently, the Public Guardian submitted a proposed judgment that, among other things, authorized placement of M.C. in “a medical, psychiatric, nursing, or other state licensed facility or state hospital, county hospital, hospital operated by the Regents of the University of California, United States…