IN RE LEMANUEL C.

No. S144515.

58 Cal.Rptr.3d 597 (2007)

41 Cal.4th 33

158 P.3d 148

In re LEMANUEL C, a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. The People, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Lemanuel C, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia N. Cooney, Berkeley, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Margaret Roberts for Protection and Advocacy, Inc., Oakland, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

David C. Coleman, Public Defender (Contra Costa) and Ron Boyer, Deputy Public Defender, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson and Mary Jo Graves, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler and Dane R. Gillette, Assistant Attorneys General, Martin S. Kaye, Michael E. Banister, Catherine A. Rivlin and Bridget Billeter, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


CHIN, J.

Welfare and Institutions Code 1 section 1800 et seq. sets forth procedures that govern the extended detention of dangerous persons. Section 1800 originally provided, in part, that persons under the control of the Department of Youth Authority2 could be civilly committed to its control at the time they would otherwise be discharged by statute if they "would be physically dangerous to the public because...

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