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JOSHUA D. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. G038394.

68 Cal.Rptr.3d 715 (2007)

157 Cal.App.4th 549

JOSHUA D., Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Orange County, Respondent; The People, Real Party In Interest.

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

November 30, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah A. Kwast, Public Defender, Thomas J. Havlena, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Kevin J. Phillips, Assistant Public Defender, Deborah Barnum and Martin F. Schwartz, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Tony Rackauckas, District Attorney, and Brian F. Fitzpatrick, Deputy District Attorney, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

ARONSON, J.

Joshua D. seeks writ relief from an order of the superior court compelling him to testify in proceedings initiated by the district attorney to extend his commitment in a juvenile facility because he poses a danger to the public based on an alleged mental illness. (See Welf. & Inst.Code, §§ 1800 et seq.; further statutory references are to this code unless specified otherwise.) Joshua invokes the constitutional prohibition...

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