California Court of Appeal

Order for extended detention under Welfare and Institutions Code section 1800, by way of a civil commitment extending beyond the date of his CYA discharge, is affirmed over claim that section 1800 is unconstitutional, that there was insufficient evidence to support the extended detention, and that other errors infected the proceedings.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/12/2006
• Published 05/12/2006

Judges

• MARCHIANO, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Patricia N. Cooney, By appointment of the Court for First District Appellant Project for Defendant and Appellant, Lemanuel C., minor., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Martin S. Kaye, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Michael E. Banister, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent, The People of the State of California.