Filed 5/6/15 P. v. Anderson CA2 /6 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

THE PEOPLE,
Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.
JASON ANDREW ANDERSON,
Defendant and Appellant. 2d Crim. No. B254565 (Super. Ct. No. F456053) (San Luis Obispo County)

Jason Andrew Anders on was civilly committed to Atascadero State Hospital (ASH) after he was found not guilty by reason of insanity on charges in an unrelated case. During that commitment, A nderson pled no contest to two counts of assault on a hospital staff member by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury. (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a).) 1 He was sentenced to two years in state prison,
with no credit for time serv ed, and then remanded to AS H pursuant to the civil
commitment. Two years later, while still under the commitment, Anderson filed a motion for clarification of sentencing terms and cust ody credits. He sought to avoid the prison term by receiving credit for time spent at ASH o r, alternatively, by serving his sentence at
ASH. The trial court determined it lacked au thority to grant either request, but issued a

1 All statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise stated.2 "recommendation" that ASH release Anderson to the California Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitati on (CDCR) to serve his se ntence, with CDCR then transferring him back to ASH for treatment pur suant to section 2684. The court stated, "that's the only thing that I can think of that might work." Anderson contends the trial court erred by failing to designate ASH as the place of service of his state prison
sentence. We affirm. 2 Anderson contends the pending pr ison sentence renders it impossible for him to be restored to sanity as that woul d require placement in a forensic conditional release program for one year or release to an outpatient program. (§ 1026.2, subds. (d), (e).) He claims that as long as he is subjec t to the prison term, he is ineligible for any type of release to a transitional program, and therefore cannot complete his civil
commitment. He is incorrect. Section 1026.2, subdivision (m), applie s specifically to persons such as Anderson "who, at the time of the petition or recommendation for restoration of sanity, are subject to a term of imprisonment with prison time remaining to serve . . . ." Recognizing that such persons are ineligible for a conditional release program, it states " a finding of restoration of s anity may be made without the person being in a forensic conditional release program for one year . If a finding of restoration of sanity is made, the person[] shall be transf erred to the custody of the California Department of Corrections to serve the term of imprisonment remaining . . . ." ( Ibid. , italics added; People v. Chavez (2008) 160 Cal.Ap p.4th 882, 896-897 ( Chavez ).)

2 The People move to dismis s the appeal, arguing Anders on is seeking appellate review of a non-appealable order. We deny the motion. Section 1237, subdivision (b), provides for an appeal from "any order made after judgment, affecting the substantial rights of the party." Although the trial court's order is labeled a recommendation, it necessarily denied the relief Anderson was seek ing, i.e., custody credits against the twoyear sentence for the time spen t at ASH or an order allowing him to serve his sentence at ASH. An appeal from the denial of a moti on to correct or modify a credit award is appealable as a post-judgment order affectin g the substantial rights of the party. ( People v. Gainer (1982) 133 Cal.App.3d 636, 642; People v. Hyde (1975) 49 Cal.App.3d 97, 103; see People v. Fares (1993) 16 Cal.App.4th 954, 958 [“There is no time limitation upon the right to make [a] motion to correct the sentence”].)3 Finding this statute dispositive, Chavez rejected the defendant's assertion that his state prison sentence should run concu rrently with his state hospital commitment. ( Chavez, supra , 160 Cal.App.4th at pp. 896-897.) It observed that if a defendant is committed to the state hospital, subdivision (m) of section 1026.2 re quires that execution of the state prison term be stayed or otherwise delayed until the defendant regains his sanity. ( Id. at p. 897.) Only after sanity is rest ored may the defendant be transferred to CDCR to serve the prison term. ( Ibid. ) Furthermore, "[t]he question whether to impose concurrent or consecutive sentences applies only when there are multiple convictions and multiple terms of imprisonment." ( Chavez, supra, 160 Cal.App.4th at p. 89 6; see §§ 669, 1170.1.) Anderson's state hospital commitment is not a term of imprisonment. (See Chavez, at p. 895.) Inasmuch as this case does not involve multiple prison terms, "there is no legal basis to order a state hospital commitment and a state prison sentence to run concurrently with or consecutively to one another." ( Id. at p. 896

. ) The trial court properly determined that it lacked authority to issue an order granting Anderson credit for time spent at ASH or allowing him to serve his prison term in the hospital. Absent any action on the court's recommendation to ASH and CDCR, the propriety of which is not contested on appe al, Anderson's prison term must be served
after restoration of his san ity. (§ 1026.2, subd. (m); Chavez, supra, 160 Cal.App.4th at pp. 896-897.)
The order is affirmed.
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.

PERREN, J. We concur:

GILBERT, P. J.

YEGAN, J.4 Barry T. LaBarbera, Judge
Superior Court County of San Luis Obispo

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California Appellate Project, Jonath an B. Steiner, Executive Director, Richard B. Lennon, Staff Attorney, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney Ge neral, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Supervising Deputy Attorney Genera l, Elaine F. Tumonis, Deputy Attorney General, for Plain tiff and Respondent.