REGIONAL CENTER OF ORANGE v. KING

Docket No. 19215.

80 Cal.App.3d 860 (1978)

146 Cal. Rptr. 24

REGIONAL CENTER OF ORANGE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ERNEST KING, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

May 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Charles E. Ward, Public Defender, and Littleton M. Gunn, Deputy Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

Robert Friedman for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

GARDNER, P.J.

The trial court denied appellant, a developmentally disabled person, a jury trial. Thus, this appeal raises the question whether such a person is entitled to a jury trial upon request in a commitment proceeding pursuant to Health and Safety Code sections 38009.1 and 38009.2.1 (1) We conclude that these persons are so entitled even though there is no express statutory...

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