Givan

After a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity of two felonies and one misdemeanor and an ensuing commitment to the State Department of Mental Health (DMH), Jeffrey Dean Givan waived a hearing on the district attorney’s request for a two-year extension of treatment. He now appeals from the judgment (order of commitment) on two grounds, both of which involve the adequacy of his waiver. We will affirm the judgment.

BACKGROUND

On October 25, 1989, the district attorney charged Givan with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon (one a knife, the other a razor) and one count of resisting arrest. (Pen. Code, §§ 148, subd. (a)(1), 245, subd. (a)(1).) On a finding that he was not guilty by reason of insanity, the court committed him to the DMH on July 9, 1990. (§ 1026, subd. (a).) Initially admitted to Atascadero State Hospital (ASH), he went on outpatient status in the conditional release program but on revocation of his outpatient status he was readmitted to ASH, then transferred from ASH to Patton State Hospital (PSH), and finally transferred from PSH to Napa State Hospital (NSH).

On February 8, 2006, the district attorney filed a petition alleging that Givan had a…