In Re JDWB

Under the provisions of section 1803 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, this appeal is prosecuted from an order for continued detention. The order was made pursuant to the provisions of sections 1800, 1801 and 1802 of that code. These sections provide that upon application of the Youth Authority Board, the court, after statutorily described notice and full hearing, if it is of the opinion that discharge of any person under the control of the Youth Authority at the ordinarily applicable time would be physically dangerous to the public, shall order the Youth Authority to continue treatment of such person.

Appellant was committed to the Youth Authority on December 4, 1963. He was then 15 years old. On September 3, 1968, the Youth Authority applied to the court for an order extending its control for two years beyond the date of his 21st birthday. On November 1, 1968, appellant filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, alleging invalidity of his original commitment in 1963. Order to show cause was issued and the matter was heard at the same time as the hearing of the Youth Authority's petition. Appellant's petition for the writ was denied. The order is not…