People v. Movrich CA3

BACKGROUND

In September 2024, a felony complaint charged defendant with making criminal threats (Pen. Code,1 § 422; count one) and resisting an executive officer (§ 69, subd. (a); count two). The complaint further alleged defendant suffered a single prior serious felony conviction and prior strike conviction. (§§ 667, subd. (a)(1), 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12, subd. (a).) On September 11, 2024, the trial court declared doubt as to defendant’s competency and ordered two doctors to evaluate defendant for competency and grave disability. On September 30, 2024, the Placer County Adult System of Care filed a petition for involuntary administration of psychotropic medication under section 2603. The petition attached a declaration of Dr. Dianne Collins, a psychiatrist, who diagnosed defendant with schizoaffective disorder. Dr. Collins opined that defendant was gravely disabled and lacked the capacity to refuse treatment. Dr. Collins explained that on September 12, 2024, defendant began refusing medication. When she attempted to talk with defendant as to why he was refusing medication, defendant talked in a rambling and disjointed manner about a girlfriend, being on a steamboat with…