California Court of Appeal

The amendment of Welfare & Institutions Code section 777, by the Gang Violence and Juvenile Crime Prevention Act, mandates that a juvenile court cannot order a more restrictive placement unless the ward has violated a court order or a condition of probation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/29/2002
• Published 07/29/2002

Judges

• KAY, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Eric Borgerson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stan M. Helfman, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, John R. Vance, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.