Mendez

In 1992, defendant Juan Pablo Mendez was found not guilty by reason of insanity on charges unrelated to this appeal, and committed to Napa State Hospital (the hospital) pursuant to Penal Code section 1026. The period of that commitment (the civil insanity commitment) was due to end on November 12, 2005. On December 10, 2003, a felony complaint was filed, charging defendant with assaulting another hospital patient with a deadly weapon by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury. (§ 245, subd. (a)(1).) As a result of that charge, defendant was transferred to county jail on January 7, 2004. On February 3, 2004, the court found defendant mentally incompetent to stand trial. On February 24, 2004, it ordered defendant committed to the hospital for a period not to exceed three years, or until his mental competency had been restored. (§ 1370, subd. (c)(1).)

Defendant was returned to the hospital on April 6, 2004, where he remained until September 21, 2005. At that time he was returned to the county jail. On October 3; 2005, the court found him "to be mentally competent to stand trial and criminal proceedings were reinstated. Defendant ultimately pleaded guilty and…