In re Butler

This is a companion case to In re De La O (Crim. 7208), ante, p. 128 [28 Cal.Rptr. 489, 378 P.2d 793], also decided this day.

Proceedings for the commitment of John Frank Butler (hereinafter called petitioner) to the California Rehabilitation Center as a narcotics addict (in other words, for therapeutic treatment for narcotic drug addiction) were instituted pursuant to Penal Code sections 6500-6510, which deal with commitment to that facility of “persons not charged with a crime.” A hearing was duly scheduled to determine whether petitioner *158“is addicted to the use of narcotics or in imminent…