Brandon

The People filed a petition to commit defendant Marsha Brandon for treatment as a mentally disordered offender (MDO). When the petition was filed, defendant was in an outpatient treatment program as a condition of parole. Before trial, however, she absconded from that program. When she was reapprehended, she was kept in jail; the trial court denied her motion to be placed back on outpatient status. The People then filed a motion to revoke her outpatient status, which the trial court granted. After a jury trial, in which the trial court allowed defendant to represent herself, she was found to be an MDO and committed to an inpatient facility for one year.

Defendant now contends that the trial court erred by allowing her to represent herself. We will conclude, however, that this contention is moot in light of the fact that defendant's initial one-year commitment has expired, and she has since been recommitted for a further one-year period.

Defendant also contends that the trial court erred by revoking her outpatient status and by committing her as an inpatient instead, for three reasons:

1. Because defendant was an outpatient when the commitment petition was filed,…