Chacon

This is an appeal from a judgment "sustaining'the petition filed by the District Attorney of Los Angeles pursuant to sect. 3100.6 of the Welfare and Institution [sic] Code for a civil committment [sic] to the Calif. Rehabilitation Center. ’ ’

On October 17, 1966, an application was made for the admission of Edward William Chacon (appellant herein) to the Los Angeles County central jail infirmary pursuant to section 3100.6, Welfare and Institutions Code, as a person who was believed to be addicted to the use of narcotics or who was believed to be in imminent danger of being addicted to their use. This application was signed by D. L. Tipps, a member of the Los Angeles Police Department, Narcotics Division, and an expert in the field of narcotics. The officer set forth in the application, among other things, many good and sufficient reasons for believing Chacon was addicted to narcotics.

' On October 19, 1966, Doctor F. E. Wetzel executed an affidavit setting' forth that affiant examined and re-examined Chacon for the purpose of ascertaining whether Chacon was addicted to the use of narcotics or was in imminent danger of becoming addicted to their use. The doctor set forth numerous…