Incompetent to Stand Trial  Penal Code Section 1368, et. Seq.
This litigation involves defendants who may not be capable of
understanding the proceedings or assisting their defense
attorney in their defense, due to a mental disorder or
developmental disability. Defendants are presumed to be
competent at this stage of the proceedings, and a defendant must
prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she is
mentally incompetent.  If the defendant is found competent, the
trial stage of the proceedings will go forward. If the defendant
is found mentally incompetent due to a mental disorder, the
proceedings are suspended until competence is restored. The
defendant will be placed in a treatment center for restoration
of mental competence. This setting will be either a state mental
hospital or the Contra Costa County Conditional Release Program
(CONREP). If the defendant is found incompetent due to a
developmental disability, he or she will be placed in a care
center for the developmentally disabled for treat