PEOPLE v. MURPHY

Docket No. Crim. 12370.

70 Cal.2d 109 (1969)

448 P.2d 945

74 Cal. Rptr. 65

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL MURPHY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 14, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Gurley for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci and Karl S. Mayer, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


MOSK, J.

Defendant appeals from an order finding him to be a person "in imminent danger of becoming addicted to narcotics" and committing him to the custody of the Director of Corrections for placement in the narcotics addict rehabilitation program. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 3051.)

We are once again called upon to resolve difficult questions concerning the manner and scope of review of narcotics addiction commitment proceedings. The statutory scheme...

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