Jones

Defendant Charles Christian Jones was found not guilty by reason of insanity of voluntary manslaughter with personal use of a firearm. Pursuant to Penal Code section 1026, Jones was committed to a state hospital until his sanity was restored or until a maximum term of eight years had expired.

Jones filed an application for release under Penal Code section 1026.2, and requested a jury trial for determination of return to sanity. On February 1, 1985, a jury, by a vote of 11 to 1, found that Jones remained a danger to the health and safety of himself and others. Based on that verdict the court entered a judgment recommitting defendant to the Department of Mental Health for placement in a state hospital. Pursuant to Penal Code, section 1237, defendant filed a timely notice of appeal from that judgment. 1 He contends that the trial court erred in limiting his peremptory *402 juror challenges to six instead of ten and in denying his pretrial motion for change of venue.

Discussion

Peremptory Challenges

Jones contends that the trial court erred in limiting him to the six peremptory juror challenges allowed in a civil proceeding (Code Civ. Proc., § 601, Stats. 1978, ch. 98, §…