California Court of Appeal

In juvenile court petitions alleging that defendant possessed metal knuckles and possessed a weapon on school grounds, order sustaining petitions and adjudging defendant as a ward of the court is affirmed over claims of error that: 1) the juvenile court improperly admitted expert testimony; 2) there is insufficient evidence to support the court's finding that he possessed metal knuckles; and 3) the juvenile court failed to declare the offense a felony or misdemeanor, as required by statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/08/2008
• Published 09/08/2008

Judges

• ARMSTRONG, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John A. Colucci, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters and David Zarmi, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.