Maldonado

Maldonado v. Superior Court

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110 Cal. Rptr. 3d 31·184 Cal. App. 4th 739

Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 17, 2010A126236California22,925 words

Opinion

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Stan Helfman and Brent W. Wilner, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

Petitioner Reynaldo A. Maldonado is awaiting trial in the Superior Court of San Mateo County on an information charging him with special circumstance murder while lying in wait. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 190.2, subd. (a)(15).) [1] He notified the prosecution of his intent to introduce evidence, through designated expert witnesses, of neurocognitive deficits he purportedly suffers as a result of childhood brain trauma or congenital brain dysfunction. The prosecution thereafter successfully moved for an order, pursuant to Evidence Code section 730, compelling Maldonado to submit to examinations by court-appointed experts, including a psychiatrist, a psychologist, and a neurologist.

Maldonado's efforts to overturn that order through writ of mandate and/or prohibition were rejected in both this court and in the California Supreme Court. ( Maldonado v. Superior Court (Sept. 4, 2009, A125920) [petn. den.]; Maldonado v. Superior Court (Sept.…

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Parties

Maldonado
Plaintiff
Superior Court
Defendant

Judges

Bruiniers

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