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California Pretrial Detainees Who Are Mentally Incompetent to Stand Trial Responsible for Treatment Costs

California’s Fifth District Court of Appeals has held “there is no equal-protection violation in the legislative determination that estates of individuals committed to state hospitals pursuant to Penal Code section 1368 as pretrial detainees may be held liable for the cost and care of their treatment.”

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