Sua v. Super. Ct. CA4/1
Miguel Sua and Alexander Guthrie, defendants in unrelated felony prosecutions, requested pretrial mental health diversion under Penal Code 1 section 1001.36. That statute does not authorize a court to order a defendant to submit to a prosecution mental examination. The People instead moved under section 1054.3(b)(1), a discovery statute, to compel these examinations. Their motions were granted over the defendants’ opposition. Sua and Gu
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