P. Fekadu CA4/1

BACKGROUND

A. Commitment History On December 31, 1994, Fekadu approached two 13-year-old girls who were standing outside of a restaurant. He grabbed one girl from behind, fondled her breasts, stomach and neck, and asked for a kiss. When the first victim pushed him away, he approached the second girl. He tried to kiss her, grabbed her from behind, and groped her breasts. When the girls ran inside the restaurant, Fekadu followed. The mother of one of the girls picked up a knife and told Fekadu to leave. Fekadu, who also had a knife, held it over his head and screamed, “ ‘Don’t come close to me. I’m God.’ ” The girls and the mother escaped and locked themselves in an office. A jury found Fekadu NGI in December 1995 of two counts of lewd acts upon a child under the age of 14 (§ 288, subd. (b)) and three counts of assault with a deadly weapon likely to cause great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (a)(1)). The trial court thereafter found that Fekadu had not recovered his sanity and committed him in 1996 to the State Department of Mental Health for treatment. His maximum term of commitment was set at six years and 10

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