P. v. Milentijevic
In 1976, the trial court found defendant Milosav Milentijevic not guilty of murder (Pen. Code, § 187; all further unspecified statutory references are to the Penal Code) by reason of insanity, and committed him to the California Department of Mental Health. Since the verdict, the court has extended Milentijevic’s commitment (§ 1026.5, subd. (b)) several times. This appeal arises from the court’s recent decision to again extend Milentijevic’s commitment for two more years under section 1026.5. Milentijevic challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the court’s finding he had serious difficulty in controlling his dangerous behavior. Specifically, Milentijevic contends the evidence demonstrated the medication Haldol “controlled his dangerousness†and that he would “continue to take Haldol as a condition of release.†For the reasons expressed below, we affirm.
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