P. v. Robbins
Defendant Earl J. Robbins was found, by a jury, to be incompetent to stand trial. At the competency hearing, his counsel chose to have defendant wear prison clothing, and defendant was shackled due to concerns he had a potential for violence. A commitment order to Patton State Hospital ordered that defendant be administered antipsychotic medication involuntarily if he refused to take the prescribed medications. Subsequent to the filing of the instant appeal, defendant was found competent to stand trial by officials at Patton State Hospital, he was transferred back to the custody of the Riverside County Sheriffs Department, and trial proceedings have resumed. In this appeal, defendant contends:
Since during the pendency of this appeal defendant has been certified competent to stand trial and the commitment order requiring involuntary medication has expired, the instant appeal is dismissed as moot.
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