Does a failure to appoint a director of a regional medical review unit to examine a developmentally disabled defendant violate due process law?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from The People v. J. A, C058895, No.JV121557 (Cal. App. 2010):

the proceeding does not violate due process of law. (See People v. Leonard, supra, 40 Cal.4th at pp. 1389 [trial court's failure to appoint the director of the regional center to examine a developmentally disabled defendant does not necessarily require reversal], 1391 [rejecting claim that the failure to appoint the regional director violated defendant's "rights under the federal Constitution to due process and a fair trial, as well as his Eighth Amendment right to a reliable guilt and penalty proceeding"].)^³

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