In re M. J. E.

In this habeas corpus proceeding petitioner seeks to test the validity of his commitment to Camarillo State Hospital pursuant to a juvenile court “Order Committing Minor to Custody of Probation Officer and Authorizing Placement.”

Petitioner was 17 years of age when the above order was made. He had been the subject of two juvenile court proceedings prior to the one now pending. The first such proceeding resulted in his being made a ward of the court under section 601 of the Welfare and Institutions Code 1 in May 1972. This wardship was terminated in May 1973. A subsequent petition in November 1973 under section 601 resulted in a finding that the allegations were true but that the petition should be dismissed inasmuch as a single incident was involved. The current proceedings were initiated by petition filed July 2, 1974, which alleged that petitioner “comes within the provisions of Section 602 of the Juvenile Cburt Law” in that he committed violations of sections 488 and 496, subdivision 1 of the Penal Code. At a jurisdictional hearing conducted July 16, 1974, the allegations of the petition were found to be true; it was ordered that petitioner remain in the custody of…