SUMMARY
A jury found Lawrence A. Gordon "gravely disabled" within the meaning of Welfare and Institutions Code section 5008, subdivision (h). On appeal and by way of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, he argues he should have been given the 10 peremptory challenges provided by former Penal Code section 1070 rather than the 6 challenges he was given under
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