KOELSCH, Circuit Judge.
The State of California has by statute instituted an elaborate program for the medical treatment of defendants convicted of crime and who are "addicted or by reason of repeated use of narcotics may be in imminent danger of becoming addicted to narcotics. . . ." California Welfare and Inst. Code § 3051. Immediately upon the conviction of a defendant who appears to have a narcotics problem, the trial court is required to "adjourn the proceedings...
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