PEOPLE v. GRAY

Docket No. 29383.

72 Cal.App.3d 18 (1977)

139 Cal. Rptr. 805

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GERALDINE GRAY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

July 27, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Kent & Kent and Gary O. Kent for Defendant and Appellant.

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender, John J. Gibbons, Alan H. Simon and William D. Weiss, Deputy Public Defenders, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Robert F. Katz and Kent M. Bridwell, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

FILES, P.J.

This is an appeal from an order committing appellant to the California Rehabilitation Center for treatment as a narcotic addict. The sole issue raised by her counsel is whether, on constitutional grounds, the court should have limited the commitment to a period of six months, which is the maximum jail term which could have been imposed for the offense of petty theft.

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