IN RE STONEHAM

Docket No. 4819.

232 Cal.App.2d 337 (1965)

42 Cal. Rptr. 741

In re ELVRY STONEHAM on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

February 17, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Mancuso, Public Defender, and James G. Magee, Deputy Public Defender, for Petitioner.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Albert W. Harris, Jr., and Derald E. Granberg, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


BRAY, J.*

Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus to release him from custody.

QUESTIONS PRESENTED

1. May a ward of the juvenile court, returned to it pursuant to section 1756.5, Welfare and Institutions Code, be dealt with as a "mentally disordered sex offender"? (§ 5500 et seq.) Corollary to this is the question: Is conviction of a criminal offense prerequisite...

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