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PEOPLE v. BRUCE

Docket No. L.A. 28605.

64 Cal.2d 55 (1966)

409 P.2d 943

48 Cal. Rptr. 719

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LENNY BRUCE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 31, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irmas & Rutter and S.M. Irmas, Jr., for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk and Thomas C. Lynch, Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Gordon Ringer, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

BURKE, J.

Upon conviction of defendant Lenny Bruce of possession of heroin criminal proceedings were suspended, and on June 4, 1963, the court ordered the sheriff to file a petition pursuant to former section 6451 of the Penal Code1 in order to ascertain whether defendant "is addicted to the use of narcotic drugs or by reason of repeated use of narcotics is in imminent danger of becoming so addicted." A petition was filed and a lengthy...

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