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SORENSON v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. H038295.

219 Cal.App.4th 409 (2013)

161 Cal. Rptr. 3d 794

CHRISTOPHER SORENSON, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MONTEREY COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

September 4, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Egar , Public Defender, and Donald Earl Landis, Jr. , Assistant Public Defender, for Petitioner.

Dean D. Flippo , District Attorney, and Glenn Pesenhofer , Deputy District Attorney, for Real Party in Interest the People.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, James M. Chadwick and David E. Snyder for Real Party in Interest The Monterey County Herald.

OPINION

MÁRQUEZ, J. —

The County of Monterey in two separate proceedings sought to involuntarily commit petitioner Christopher Sorenson, pursuant to the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5000 et seq.; LPS Act or Act).1 These Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) conservatorship proceedings resulted in two jury trials, occurring in June and November 2011, to determine whether Sorenson was...

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