People v. Lemanuel C.

Opinion

CHIN, J.

Welfare and Institutions Code 1 section 1800 et seq. sets forth procedures that govern the extended detention of dangerous persons. Section 1800 originally provided, in part, that persons under the control of the Department of Youth Authority 2 could be civilly committed to its control at the time they would otherwise be discharged by statute if they “would be physically dangerous to the public because of [a] mental or physical deficiency, disorder, or abnormality.” (Stats. 2003, ch. 4, § 45.) In order to preserve the extended detention scheme’s constitutionality, we…