Section 3700.5 Of Chapter 2. Suspension Of Execution Of Death Penalty: Insanity: Pregnancy From California Penal Code >> Title 3. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2.
3700.5
. Whenever a court makes and causes to be entered an order
appointing a day upon which a judgment of death shall be executed
upon a defendant, the warden of the state prison to whom such
defendant has been delivered for execution or, if the defendant is a
female, the warden of the Central California Women's Facility, shall
notify the Director of Corrections who shall thereupon select and
appoint three alienists, all of whom must be from the medical staffs
of the Department of Corrections, to examine the defendant, under the
judgment of death, and investigate his or her sanity. It is the duty
of the alienists so selected and appointed to examine such defendant
and investigate his or her sanity, and to report their opinions and
conclusions thereon, in writing, to the Governor, to the warden of
the prison at which the execution is to take place, or, if the
defendant is female, the warden of the Central California Women's
Facility, at least 20 days prior to the day appointed for the
execution of the judgment of death upon the defendant. The warden
shall furnish a copy of the report to counsel for the defendant upon
his or her request.