California Court of Appeal

Under Welfare and Institutions Code section 731, the maximum term of a minor's confinement must be discretionarily determined by the juvenile court based on the facts and circumstances placing the minor before the court, not to exceed the maximum time prescribed by adult sentencing law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/01/2005
• Published 04/01/2005

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Linda J. Zachritz, Fresno, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, Kathleen A. McKenna and William Kim, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.