PEOPLE v. KARRIKER

No. A114099.

57 Cal.Rptr.3d 412 (2007)

149 Cal.App.4th 763

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. James Michael KARRIKER, Defendant and Respondent; Jo Weber, as Public Conservator, etc., Objector and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of California, First District, Division Three.

As Modified April 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance for plaintiff and respondent.

Matthew Zwerling, Jeremy Price, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for defendant and respondent.

Jennifer B. Henning, Calif. State Assoc. of Counties, for amicus curiae for California State Association of Counties and the California Association of Public Administrators, Public Guardians, and Public Conservators on behalf of appellants.

Steven M. Woodside, County Counsel, William L. Adams, Deputy County Counsel, for objector and appellant.


POLLAK, J.

The Sonoma County Public Conservator (the Conservator) appeals from an order entered in criminal proceedings directing her to file a petition to establish a conservatorship under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, Welfare and Institutions Code sections 5000 et seq. (the LPS Act or Act),1 for an incompetent defendant. The Conservator contends that while the court is authorized to...

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