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IN RE GARY W.

Docket No. Crim. 15215.

5 Cal.3d 296 (1971)

486 P.2d 1201

96 Cal. Rptr. 1

In re GARY W., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GARY W., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 7, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard S. Buckley, Public Defender, Laurance S. Smith, Kathryn J. McDonald and James L. McCormick, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch and Evelle J. Younger, Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Blanche C. Bersch, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

In this case we are called upon to determine whether the procedures by which the California Youth Authority is empowered to extend its control over a ward beyond his normal release date are constitutional.

We have concluded that confinement pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code sections 1800-18031 does not violate the Eighth Amendment's proscription of cruel and unusual...

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