People v. Planavsky

*1302Opinion

SILLS, P. J.

I. Introduction

Back in the early Sixties the Legislature enacted section 3051 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. Under the statute, “if it appears” to a sentencing judge that the defendant is a narcotics addict, or in danger of becoming one, the judge must stop everything and hold a hearing on the possibility of civil commitment to the California Rehabilitation Center (CRC).

What happens, however, when a possibly addicted criminal defendant makes no request for civil commitment and there is no record made of any consideration of the idea by the trial judge? Must the…