I. INTRODUCTION
Back in the early Sixties the Legislature enacted section 3051 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. Under the statute, "if it appears" to a sentencing judge that the defendant is a narcotics addict, or in danger of becoming one, the judge must stop everything and hold a hearing on the possibility of civil commitment to the California...
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