California Court of Appeal

A juvenile court may not confine a delinquent ward under its contempt power for more time than the maximum confinement time permitted under the offense or offenses which resulted in the wardship, where the contemptuous acts are violations of the ward-s probationary conditions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/21/2000
• Published 12/21/2000

Judges

• ORTEGA, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Michael P. Judge, Public Defender, Albert J. Menaster, Rudolfo Aguirre and Lisa R. Greer, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gil Garcetti, District Attorney, George M. Palmer, Brent Riggs and Roberta Schwartz, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent.