People v. Horspool CA1/1

I. BACKGROUND

In 2008, after Horspool tried to lure an 11-year-old girl into a store bathroom for sex, he was convicted of annoying or molesting a child under 18 years of age with a prior qualifying sex crime conviction. (Pen. Code, § 647.6,

1 We resolve this case by memorandum opinion. (Cal. Stds. Jud. Admin., § 8.1.) We provide a limited factual summary because our opinion is unpublished and the parties know, or should know, “the facts of the case and its procedural history.” (People v. Garcia (2002) 97 Cal.App.4th 847, 851.)

1 subd. (c).)2 The following year, he was released to Atascadero State Hospital as an offender with a mental health disorder. This state hospital commitment was extended without interruption through the entry of the order now before us. In June 2024, the People filed a petition to continue Horspool’s involuntary commitment and treatment pursuant to sections 2970 and 2972 of the Mentally Disordered Offender Act. (§ 2960 et seq., the Act.) A trial was held three months later, where the court granted the petition after finding “beyond a reasonable doubt[] that Mr. Horspool is a person who suffers from a severe mental disorder, [that] said severe mental…