Johnson v. Woods

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

HAUK, District Judge.

Petitioner was found by a jury to be in imminent danger of becoming an addict by reason of repeated use of narcotics pursuant to Calif.Welf. & Inst.Code § 3100 et seq. On appeal the judgment and commitment entered under this verdict was reversed on the ground that the jury was improperly instructed. Petitioner was retried and on May 19, 1969, the jury again returned a verdict that by reason of repeated use of narcotics, petitioner was in imminent danger of becoming a narcotic addict as of May 3, 1967. This…