People v. Bachmeier CA6

BACKGROUND

Defendant’s Prior Commitments In the early 1980’s, criminal proceedings were instituted against defendant, charging him with assault with a deadly weapon with personal infliction of great bodily injury. (§§ 245, subd. (a)(1), 12022.7). He was admitted to Atascadero State Hospital (Atascadero) after being found incompetent to stand trial. Defendant was later found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGI) (see § 1026), and was thereafter readmitted to Atascadero. He was eventually placed under the supervision of a conditional release program (CONREP) at various points in time, most recently in 2012, but ultimately he was rehospitalized each time at Napa State Hospital (Napa). Defendant’s commitment term has been extended repeatedly. This court affirmed two of the extended commitment orders in unpublished decisions. (People v. Bachmeier (May 12, 2009, H033016) [nonpub. opn.]; People v. Bachmeier (Dec. 14, 2010, H035324) [nonpub. opn.].)2 The Recent Petition to Extend the Term of Commitment In June 2013, defendant’s treatment team determined that, because of a mental disease, defect, or disorder, defendant represented a substantial danger of physical harm to others, and…