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Date Created: 2023-10-04 17:19:27.275817+00
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Filed 10/4/23 P. v. Negrete CA2/6
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                         SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

                                         DIVISION SIX

THE PEOPLE,                                                  2d Crim. No. B327981
                                                          (Super. Ct. No. 23PT-00095)
     Plaintiff and Respondent,                             (San Luis Obispo County)

v.

SAMUEL NEGRETE,

     Defendant and Appellant.

    Samuel Negrete appeals from the trial court’s order
committing him for continued treatment as an offender with a
mental health disorder (OMHD). (Pen. Code,1 § 2960 et seq.)
      In 2019, the trial court sentenced Negrete to five years in
state prison after he committed assault with a deadly weapon.
(§ 245, subd. (a)(1).) Four years later, the Board of Parole
Hearings determined that Negrete met the criteria for continued
treatment as an OMHD. Negrete filed a petition contesting that
determination. (§ 2966, subd. (c).) He requested a court trial.

         1 Statutory references are to the Penal Code.
       At trial, a forensic psychologist testified that Negrete
suffers from schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, and was not in
remission at the time of his parole hearing. He was paranoid,
heard voices, and had delusional beliefs.
       Negrete’s state hospital records showed that he committed
several acts of violence toward staff and patients. The
psychologist believed that Negrete could not be kept in remission
without treatment due to those acts of violence. He continued to
pose a danger to society.
       Negrete testified that he was hearing voices when he
struck a patient in the head, but claimed that he no longer heard
those voices. He was doing better on his medication and
attending group therapy sessions. If released he would live with
his uncle.
       At the conclusion of trial, the trial court found that Negrete
met the criteria for continued treatment as an OMHD and
ordered an extension of his commitment.
       We appointed counsel for Negrete in this appeal. After
reviewing the record, Negrete’s counsel filed a brief pursuant to
People v. Taylor (2008) 160 Cal.App.4th 304 stating that he was
unable to raise any arguable issues on appeal. Counsel also
notified Negrete that he could file his own brief raising any issues
he wished this court to consider.
       In his brief, Negrete claims he is not “sick” and asks us to
order him released from Atascadero State Hospital. Because the
documentary evidence and testimony from the forensic
psychologist supports the trial court’s determination that Negrete
met the criteria to continue his treatment as an OMHD, we
decline to do so. (People v. Bowers (2006) 145 Cal.App.4th 870,

                                 2
879 [psychologist’s testimony provides substantial evidence to
support continued treatment as an OMHD].)
                          DISPOSITION
      The order continuing Samuel Negrete’s treatment as an
offender with a mental health disorder, entered April 4, 2023, is
affirmed.
      NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.

                                    BALTODANO, J.

We concur:

             GILBERT, P. J.

             CODY, J.

                                3
                     Michael B. Sheltzer, Judge

              Superior Court County of San Luis Obispo

                  ______________________________

     Christian C. Buckley, under appointment by the Court of
Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
     No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.