Conservatorship of Hofferber

Opinion

NEWMAN, J.

Glenn Hofferber appeals from a 1978 judgment and order establishing a civil conservatorship under the Lanterman-PetrisShort (LPS) Act. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 5000 et seq., 5350 et seq. Subsequent statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise indicated.)

The conservatorship is based on findings that appellant is “gravely disabled” because he is an incompetent defendant charged with a violent felony. (§ 5008, subd. (h)(2).) We conclude that the judgment and order must be reversed.

After a September 1974 preliminary hearing appellant was charged…