Legal Question in Criminal Law in California
My fiancee
my fiancee is fighting a carjacking case right now and we are trying to get him into mental health court. He is bi-polar and is in West valley detention center in Rancho Cucamonga. Any suggestions as to how to get him into mental health court?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: My fiancee
If at all, by court order from the criminal case judge, based upon psych evaluation. Feel free to contact me if serious about getting counsel to assist him. If he's already got counsel, talk to them.
Re: My fiancee
I don't know what you mean by "mental health court". There is no such thing, and being bipolar does not take your fiance outside the jurisdiction of criminal courts. Unless it rises to the level of actual insanity (which the law defines as the inability to tell right from wrong), mental illness is not a defense to criminal charges.
There are ways a person who is a danger to himself or to others can be confined or even institutionalized against his will, but even if your fiance qualifies for such treatment that will not erase whatever crimes he may already have committed.
Your fiance needs a criminal defense attorney. You should devote your efforts to getting him the best one you can.
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