Candelaria

People v. Candelaria

Good Law
18 Cal. App. 3d 754·1971 Cal. App. LEXIS 1428·96 Cal. Rptr. 90
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 16, 1971Crim. No. 17894California1,439 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Files, J.

On January 5, 1970, the district attorney filed a petition seeking the civil commitment of appellant under Welfare and Institutions Code section 3100.6 as a person addicted or in imminent danger of becoming addicted to the use of narcotics. After a hearing the superior court entered judgment on January 15, 1970, committing him to the Director of Corrections for treatment in the Narcotic Rehabilitation Center, He is appealing from the judgment, arguing that his constitutional rights were violated in several respects. None of his contentions has merit.

The evidence was not the inadmissible product of any unlawful police conduct.

The record permitted the trial court to determine that the circumstances of appellant’s arrest were as follows: On December 31, 1969, two narcotics officers were driving their vehicle out of a driveway in a residential area when appellant drove his automobile directly at the officers and *757 skidded his car to an abrupt halt about six to ten feet away. Officer Del Rosario recognized appellant as a man he had arrested two months earlier. At the time of that arrest there were on appellant’s body some 75 punctures characteristic of heroin…

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