California Court of Appeal

Defendant's sentence for the sexual abuse of a child is reversed where the juvenile court failed to exercise its statutory discretion to determine defendant's maximum term of confinement at the California Youth Authority.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/28/2005
• Published 03/28/2005

Judges

• KLINE, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eleanor M. Kraft, under appointment by Court of Appeal under the First DistrictAppellate ProjectIndependent Case System, for Appellant., Susan L. Burrell, Youth Law Center, Amicus Curiae Youth Law Center, in support of Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Engler, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Martin S. Kaye, Supervising Dep. Atty. Gen., Michael E. Banister, Deputy Atty. Gen., for Respondent.